Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) 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

$638.00

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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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$1,276.00

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.

$52.25 with highmark health options west va vs $787.87 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 west va mgd mcaid $52.25 ↓ -92%
highmark health options chip $52.25 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $52.25 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $52.25 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $52.99 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $53.24 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $53.24 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $53.24 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $57.22 ↓ -91%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -73%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $338.14 ↓ -47%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $338.14 ↓ -47%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $355.05 ↓ -44%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $355.05 ↓ -44%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $355.05 ↓ -44%
humana medicare advantage all plans $355.05 ↓ -44%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $358.43 ↓ -44%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $358.43 ↓ -44%
wv senior advantage isnp $358.43 ↓ -44%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $358.43 ↓ -44%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $368.57 ↓ -42%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $372.80 ↓ -42%
the health plan wv peia $379.39 ↓ -41%
highmark pa chip $456.56 ↓ -28%
aetna better health pa chip $520.65 ↓ -18%
coventry health care worker's compensation $534.26 ↓ -16%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $567.98 ↓ -11%
upmc for kids chip $591.65 ↓ -7%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $591.65 ↓ -7%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $591.65 ↓ -7%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $591.65 ↓ -7%
alliance coal alliance coal $591.74 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $702.32 ↑ +10%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $702.32 ↑ +10%
aetna aetna $787.87 ↑ +23%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with and without contrast) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,604.00 $425.00 – $3,472.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,563.20 $122.85 – $3,844.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,854.80 $338.22 – $4,044.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $2,076.00 $407.17 – $2,768.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,854.80 $347.79 – $4,044.30
UPMC East Monroeville $6,218.40 $341.40 – $8,291.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $7,916.40 $182.13 – $1,826.39
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,969.40 $308.78 – $1,826.39

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