Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 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

$5,962.25

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.

$11,924.50

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 $8,419.99 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 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -97%
aetna better health pa chip $206.13 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -96%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $224.87 ↓ -96%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $225.40 ↓ -96%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $234.24 ↓ -96%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $234.24 ↓ -96%
upmc for kids chip $234.24 ↓ -96%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $234.24 ↓ -96%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3,613.73 ↓ -39%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3,613.73 ↓ -39%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,794.42 ↓ -36%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $3,794.42 ↓ -36%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,794.42 ↓ -36%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $3,794.42 ↓ -36%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,830.55 ↓ -36%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,830.55 ↓ -36%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $3,830.55 ↓ -36%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,830.55 ↓ -36%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,938.97 ↓ -34%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $3,984.14 ↓ -33%
the health plan wv peia $4,054.61 ↓ -32%
highmark pa chip $4,879.26 ↓ -18%
coventry health care worker's compensation $5,709.69 ↓ -4%
alliance coal alliance coal $6,324.03 ↑ +6%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $7,505.72 ↑ +26%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $7,505.72 ↑ +26%
aetna aetna $8,419.99 ↑ +41%

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Bronchoscopy/needle bx each 31629 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $975.60 $187.39 – $1,300.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,327.80 $196.76 – $6,491.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,452.00 $237.99 – $6,307.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,452.00 $252.98 – $6,307.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,516.80 $206.13 – $5,112.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,452.00 $237.99 – $5,635.42
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,435.00 $206.13 – $4,745.33
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,452.00 $237.99 – $5,665.87

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