Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$359.00

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.

$718.00

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.

$22.52 with wellpoint wv vs $384.78 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
wellpoint wv chip $22.52 ↓ -94%
highmark health options chip $22.52 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $22.52 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $22.52 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $22.84 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $22.95 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $22.95 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $22.95 ↓ -94%
aetna better health pa chip $23.10 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $24.67 ↓ -93%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $25.20 ↓ -93%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $26.25 ↓ -93%
upmc for kids chip $26.25 ↓ -93%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $26.25 ↓ -93%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $26.25 ↓ -93%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $165.14 ↓ -54%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $165.14 ↓ -54%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -52%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $173.40 ↓ -52%
humana medicare advantage all plans $173.40 ↓ -52%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $173.40 ↓ -52%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $173.40 ↓ -52%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $175.05 ↓ -51%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $175.05 ↓ -51%
wv senior advantage isnp $175.05 ↓ -51%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $175.05 ↓ -51%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $180.00 ↓ -50%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $182.07 ↓ -49%
the health plan wv peia $185.29 ↓ -48%
alliance coal alliance coal $206.43 ↓ -42%
highmark pa chip $222.97 ↓ -38%
coventry health care worker's compensation $260.92 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $343.00 ↓ -4%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $343.00 ↓ -4%
aetna aetna $384.78 ↑ +7%

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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $136.80 $21.00 – $182.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $125.40 $21.00 – $188.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $203.40 $21.00 – $288.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $203.40 $21.00 – $288.15
UPMC East Monroeville $268.20 $21.00 – $357.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $192.00 $17.96 – $213.04
UPMC Northwest Seneca $89.40 $23.10 – $171.54
UPMC Hanover Hanover $203.40 $21.00 – $261.92

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