Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body 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

$2,906.00

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.

$5,812.00

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.

$171.55 with upmc vs $430.91 with aetna — 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
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -94%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $184.94 ↓ -94%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $184.94 ↓ -94%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $194.19 ↓ -93%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $194.19 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage all plans $194.19 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $194.19 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $196.04 ↓ -93%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $196.04 ↓ -93%
wv senior advantage isnp $196.04 ↓ -93%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $196.04 ↓ -93%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $201.58 ↓ -93%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $203.90 ↓ -93%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -93%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -93%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv peia $207.50 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -93%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -93%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $225.40 ↓ -92%
highmark pa chip $249.71 ↓ -91%
coventry health care worker's compensation $292.21 ↓ -90%
alliance coal alliance coal $323.64 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $384.12 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $384.12 ↓ -87%
aetna aetna $430.91 ↓ -85%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $7,629.60 $2,247.56 – $10,172.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $7,825.80 $242.61 – $11,086.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $396.00 $182.95 – $5,734.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $7,900.20 $242.61 – $11,701.33
UPMC East Monroeville $14,634.60 $1,283.96 – $19,512.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $16,396.20 $2,790.43 – $5,734.60
UPMC Hanover Hanover $7,825.80 $242.61 – $6,001.33
UPMC Lititz Lititz $7,825.80 $196.29 – $6,001.33

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