Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block 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

$882.00

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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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$1,764.00

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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.

$8.25 with aetna better health pa vs $384.78 with aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
aetna better health pa chip $8.25 ↓ -99%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $9.00 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $9.38 ↓ -99%
upmc for kids chip $9.38 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $9.38 ↓ -99%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $9.38 ↓ -99%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $165.14 ↓ -81%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $165.14 ↓ -81%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -81%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $173.40 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $173.40 ↓ -80%
humana medicare advantage all plans $173.40 ↓ -80%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $173.40 ↓ -80%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $175.05 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $175.05 ↓ -80%
wv senior advantage isnp $175.05 ↓ -80%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $175.05 ↓ -80%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $180.00 ↓ -80%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $182.07 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv peia $185.29 ↓ -79%
alliance coal alliance coal $206.42 ↓ -77%
highmark pa chip $222.97 ↓ -75%
coventry health care worker's compensation $260.92 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $343.00 ↓ -61%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $343.00 ↓ -61%
aetna aetna $384.78 ↓ -56%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $229.80 $7.50 – $306.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $133.20 $28.50 – $199.91
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $337.20 $9.82 – $477.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $104.40 $34.12 – $199.91
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $337.20 $9.82 – $211.89
UPMC East Monroeville $303.00 $28.11 – $404.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $717.00 $23.43 – $213.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $159.60 $28.38 – $202.47

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