Assay of somatostatin 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

$89.37

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.

$178.74

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.

$17.27 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 $17.27 ↓ -81%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $17.27 ↓ -81%
wellpoint wv chip $17.27 ↓ -81%
highmark health options chip $17.27 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $17.52 ↓ -80%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $17.60 ↓ -80%
aetna better health wv chip $17.60 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv chip $17.60 ↓ -80%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $18.28 ↓ -80%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $18.28 ↓ -80%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $18.92 ↓ -79%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $19.19 ↓ -79%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $19.19 ↓ -79%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $19.19 ↓ -79%
humana medicare advantage all plans $19.19 ↓ -79%
wv senior advantage isnp $19.38 ↓ -78%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $19.38 ↓ -78%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $19.38 ↓ -78%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $19.93 ↓ -78%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $20.15 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv peia $20.51 ↓ -77%
alliance coal alliance coal $22.85 ↓ -74%
highmark pa chip $24.68 ↓ -72%
aetna better health pa chip $25.72 ↓ -71%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $28.06 ↓ -69%
coventry health care worker's compensation $28.88 ↓ -68%
upmc for kids chip $29.23 ↓ -67%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $29.23 ↓ -67%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $29.23 ↓ -67%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $29.23 ↓ -67%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $37.97 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $37.97 ↓ -58%
aetna aetna $42.59 ↓ -52%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +92%

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Assay of somatostatin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $235.20 $18.07 – $313.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $276.00 $6.60 – $414.00
UPMC East Monroeville $291.00 $18.07 – $388.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $252.00 $18.07 – $44.91
UPMC Northwest Seneca $153.00 $16.58 – $26.89
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $231.60 $16.37 – $34.30
UPMC Jameson New Castle $232.20 $18.07 – $45.70
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $165.00 $17.11 – $45.34

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