Crystal identification light microscopy 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

$67.00

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.

$134.00

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.

$6.93 with highmark health options west va vs $171.55 with upmc — 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 west va mgd mcaid $6.93 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $6.93 ↓ -90%
wellpoint wv chip $6.93 ↓ -90%
highmark health options chip $6.93 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.03 ↓ -90%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $7.06 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv chip $7.06 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv chip $7.06 ↓ -89%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $7.33 ↓ -89%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $7.33 ↓ -89%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $7.59 ↓ -89%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $7.70 ↓ -89%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $7.70 ↓ -89%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $7.70 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage all plans $7.70 ↓ -89%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $7.77 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $7.77 ↓ -88%
wv senior advantage isnp $7.77 ↓ -88%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $7.77 ↓ -88%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $7.99 ↓ -88%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $8.08 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv peia $8.22 ↓ -88%
aetna better health pa chip $8.25 ↓ -88%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $9.00 ↓ -87%
alliance coal alliance coal $9.16 ↓ -86%
upmc for kids chip $9.38 ↓ -86%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $9.38 ↓ -86%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $9.38 ↓ -86%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $9.38 ↓ -86%
highmark pa chip $9.90 ↓ -85%
coventry health care worker's compensation $11.58 ↓ -83%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $15.22 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $15.22 ↓ -77%
aetna aetna $17.08 ↓ -75%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +156%

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $62.40 $7.24 – $83.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $33.00 $2.64 – $49.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $52.80 $6.32 – $74.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $52.20 $4.76 – $69.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $52.80 $7.26 – $74.80
UPMC East Monroeville $99.00 $7.24 – $132.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $102.60 $7.24 – $13.81
UPMC Northwest Seneca $36.00 $6.65 – $8.62

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