Assay of osteocalcin at Uniontown Hospital

500 W Berkeley St, Uniontown, PA · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1871594127

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$21.60

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$43.20

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$28.21 with highmark health options west va vs $171.55 with upmc — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $28.21 ↑ +31%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $28.21 ↑ +31%
wellpoint wv chip $28.21 ↑ +31%
highmark health options chip $28.21 ↑ +31%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $28.62 ↑ +33%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $28.75 ↑ +33%
aetna better health wv chip $28.75 ↑ +33%
the health plan wv chip $28.75 ↑ +33%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $29.85 ↑ +38%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $29.85 ↑ +38%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $30.90 ↑ +43%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $31.34 ↑ +45%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $31.34 ↑ +45%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $31.34 ↑ +45%
humana medicare advantage all plans $31.34 ↑ +45%
wv senior advantage isnp $31.64 ↑ +46%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $31.64 ↑ +46%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $31.64 ↑ +46%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $31.64 ↑ +46%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $32.54 ↑ +51%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $32.91 ↑ +52%
the health plan wv peia $33.49 ↑ +55%
alliance coal alliance coal $37.31 ↑ +73%
highmark pa chip $40.30 ↑ +87%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $43.20 ↑ +100%
aetna better health pa chip $45.38 ↑ +110%
coventry health care worker's compensation $47.16 ↑ +118%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $49.50 ↑ +129%
upmc for kids chip $51.56 ↑ +139%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $51.56 ↑ +139%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $51.56 ↑ +139%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $62.00 ↑ +187%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $62.00 ↑ +187%
aetna aetna $69.55 ↑ +222%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +694%

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Assay of osteocalcin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $300.00 $29.50 – $400.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $508.20 $10.77 – $762.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $150.60 $10.10 – $213.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $150.60 $29.55 – $243.26
UPMC East Monroeville $627.60 $29.50 – $836.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $274.80 $27.07 – $47.44
UPMC Hanover Hanover $150.60 $10.10 – $56.18
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $299.40 $26.72 – $57.33

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