Biopsy of salivary glnd;incisional 42405 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

$4,252.00

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.

$8,504.00

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.

$80.85 with aetna better health pa vs $3,504.04 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
aetna better health pa chip $80.85 ↓ -98%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $88.20 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $91.88 ↓ -98%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $91.88 ↓ -98%
upmc for kids chip $91.88 ↓ -98%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $91.88 ↓ -98%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -95%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -95%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -95%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -95%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -95%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -95%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $225.40 ↓ -95%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,503.88 ↓ -65%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,503.88 ↓ -65%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $1,579.07 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,579.07 ↓ -63%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $1,579.07 ↓ -63%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,579.07 ↓ -63%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,594.11 ↓ -63%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,594.11 ↓ -63%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,594.11 ↓ -63%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,594.11 ↓ -63%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,639.23 ↓ -61%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,658.03 ↓ -61%
the health plan wv peia $1,687.35 ↓ -60%
highmark pa chip $2,030.54 ↓ -52%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,376.13 ↓ -44%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,631.79 ↓ -38%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $3,123.56 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $3,123.56 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna $3,504.04 ↓ -18%

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Biopsy of salivary glnd;incisional 42405 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $347.40 $77.17 – $1,041.88
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $80.85 – $2,053.97
UPMC Memorial York not published $93.34 – $2,272.64
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $80.85 – $1,553.44

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