Contrast x-ray of ankle 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

$262.50

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$525.00

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.

$20.33 with highmark health options vs $787.87 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
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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 chip $20.33 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $20.33 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $20.33 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $20.33 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $20.62 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $20.72 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $20.72 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $20.72 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $22.26 ↓ -92%
aetna better health pa chip $30.25 ↓ -88%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $33.00 ↓ -87%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $34.38 ↓ -87%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $34.38 ↓ -87%
upmc for kids chip $34.38 ↓ -87%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $34.38 ↓ -87%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -35%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $338.14 ↑ +29%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $338.14 ↑ +29%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $355.05 ↑ +35%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $355.05 ↑ +35%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $355.05 ↑ +35%
humana medicare advantage all plans $355.05 ↑ +35%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $358.43 ↑ +37%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $358.43 ↑ +37%
wv senior advantage isnp $358.43 ↑ +37%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $358.43 ↑ +37%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $368.57 ↑ +40%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $372.80 ↑ +42%
the health plan wv peia $379.39 ↑ +45%
highmark pa chip $456.56 ↑ +74%
coventry health care worker's compensation $534.26 ↑ +104%
alliance coal alliance coal $591.74 ↑ +125%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $702.32 ↑ +168%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $702.32 ↑ +168%
aetna aetna $787.87 ↑ +200%

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Contrast x-ray of ankle at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $896.40 $36.02 – $2,006.79
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $896.40 $36.02 – $1,269.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $896.40 $36.02 – $2,006.79
UPMC Kane Kane $765.60 $245.64 – $421.63
UPMC Lititz Lititz $896.40 $36.02 – $2,006.79
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $514.80 $110.49 – $374.53
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $2,649.60 $107.18 – $374.53
UPMC Memorial York $896.40 $36.02 – $2,006.79

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