Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation 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

$4,019.50

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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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$8,039.00

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.

$171.55 with upmc vs $8,085.87 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
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $241.66 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $241.66 ↓ -94%
highmark health options chip $241.66 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $241.66 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $245.11 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $246.26 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $246.26 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $246.26 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $264.67 ↓ -93%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3,470.33 ↓ -14%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3,470.33 ↓ -14%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $3,643.85 ↓ -9%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,643.85 ↓ -9%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $3,643.85 ↓ -9%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,643.85 ↓ -9%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $3,678.55 ↓ -8%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,678.55 ↓ -8%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,678.55 ↓ -8%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,678.55 ↓ -8%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,782.66 ↓ -6%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $3,826.04 ↓ -5%
the health plan wv peia $3,893.71 ↓ -3%
highmark pa chip $4,685.64 ↑ +17%
coventry health care worker's compensation $5,483.12 ↑ +36%
alliance coal alliance coal $6,073.08 ↑ +51%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $7,207.88 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $7,207.88 ↑ +79%
aetna aetna $8,085.87 ↑ +101%

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Cholecystostomy complete w/supervision & interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,867.40 $845.77 – $3,823.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,714.20 $247.59 – $6,678.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,714.20 $247.59 – $6,678.45
UPMC East Monroeville $3,079.80 $834.64 – $3,873.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,536.40 $834.64 – $4,893.48
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,158.40 $829.03 – $3,633.70
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,714.20 $247.59 – $5,394.10
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,714.20 $247.59 – $5,423.23

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