Contrast x-ray of hip 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

$909.00

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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.

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$1,818.00

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.

$20.84 with highmark health options vs $787.87 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
highmark health options chip $20.84 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $20.84 ↓ -98%
wellpoint wv chip $20.84 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $20.84 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $21.14 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $21.24 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $21.24 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $21.24 ↓ -98%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $22.83 ↓ -97%
aetna better health pa chip $52.25 ↓ -94%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $57.00 ↓ -94%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $59.38 ↓ -93%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $59.38 ↓ -93%
upmc for kids chip $59.38 ↓ -93%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $59.38 ↓ -93%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -81%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $338.14 ↓ -63%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $338.14 ↓ -63%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $355.05 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $355.05 ↓ -61%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $355.05 ↓ -61%
humana medicare advantage all plans $355.05 ↓ -61%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $358.43 ↓ -61%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $358.43 ↓ -61%
wv senior advantage isnp $358.43 ↓ -61%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $358.43 ↓ -61%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $368.57 ↓ -59%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $372.80 ↓ -59%
the health plan wv peia $379.39 ↓ -58%
highmark pa chip $456.56 ↓ -50%
coventry health care worker's compensation $534.26 ↓ -41%
alliance coal alliance coal $591.75 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $702.32 ↓ -23%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $702.32 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna $787.87 ↓ -13%

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Contrast x-ray of hip at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $814.20 $62.23 – $2,006.79
UPMC Cole Coudersport $292.80 $124.30 – $390.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $814.20 $62.23 – $1,153.45
UPMC Hamot Erie $913.20 $123.52 – $566.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $814.20 $62.23 – $2,006.79
UPMC Kane Kane $719.40 $245.64 – $422.97
UPMC Lititz Lititz $814.20 $62.23 – $2,006.79
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $2,649.60 $112.81 – $374.53

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