Autologous blood process 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

$169.50

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.

$339.00

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.

$46.54 with wellpoint west virginia vs $384.78 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
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $46.54 ↓ -73%
highmark health options chip $46.54 ↓ -73%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $46.54 ↓ -73%
wellpoint wv chip $46.54 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $47.20 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv chip $47.42 ↓ -72%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $47.42 ↓ -72%
aetna better health wv chip $47.42 ↓ -72%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $50.97 ↓ -70%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $165.14 ↓ -3%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $165.14 ↓ -3%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +1%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $173.40 ↑ +2%
humana medicare advantage all plans $173.40 ↑ +2%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $173.40 ↑ +2%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $173.40 ↑ +2%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $175.05 ↑ +3%
wv senior advantage isnp $175.05 ↑ +3%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $175.05 ↑ +3%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $175.05 ↑ +3%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $180.00 ↑ +6%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $182.07 ↑ +7%
the health plan wv peia $185.29 ↑ +9%
alliance coal alliance coal $206.43 ↑ +22%
highmark pa chip $222.97 ↑ +32%
coventry health care worker's compensation $260.92 ↑ +54%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $343.00 ↑ +102%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $343.00 ↑ +102%
aetna aetna $384.78 ↑ +127%

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Autologous blood process at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $201.60 $46.03 – $285.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $201.60 $43.40 – $265.05
UPMC East Monroeville $680.40 $72.91 – $907.20
UPMC Hanover Hanover $201.60 $125.66 – $265.05
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $253.80 $73.83 – $176.44
UPMC Jameson New Castle $253.80 $7.44 – $176.44
UPMC Lititz Lititz $201.60 $125.66 – $265.05
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $301.20 $77.15 – $179.71

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