Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$162.50

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.

$325.00

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.

$6.95 with highmark health options vs $236.10 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
highmark health options chip $6.95 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $6.95 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $6.95 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $6.95 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.05 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $7.08 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $7.08 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $7.08 ↓ -96%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $7.61 ↓ -95%
aetna better health pa chip $57.13 ↓ -65%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $62.33 ↓ -62%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $64.93 ↓ -60%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $64.93 ↓ -60%
upmc for kids chip $64.93 ↓ -60%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $64.93 ↓ -60%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $101.33 ↓ -38%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $101.33 ↓ -38%
humana medicare advantage all plans $106.40 ↓ -35%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $106.40 ↓ -35%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $106.40 ↓ -35%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $106.40 ↓ -35%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $107.41 ↓ -34%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $107.41 ↓ -34%
wv senior advantage isnp $107.41 ↓ -34%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $107.41 ↓ -34%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $110.45 ↓ -32%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $111.72 ↓ -31%
the health plan wv peia $113.69 ↓ -30%
highmark pa chip $136.82 ↓ -16%
coventry health care worker's compensation $160.10 ↓ -1%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +6%
alliance coal alliance coal $177.33 ↑ +9%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $210.46 ↑ +30%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $210.46 ↑ +30%
aetna aetna $236.10 ↑ +45%

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $240.00 $51.94 – $320.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $240.00 $36.58 – $360.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $60.01 – $372.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $351.60 $38.28 – $468.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $11.20 – $305.26
UPMC Hamot Erie $240.00 $23.19 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $240.00 $66.12 – $161.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $262.80 $68.04 – $168.53

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