CT bone density axial 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

$135.00

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.

$270.00

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.

$8.75 with highmark health options vs $196.54 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 $8.75 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $8.75 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $8.75 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $8.75 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $8.87 ↓ -93%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $8.91 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $8.91 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv chip $8.91 ↓ -93%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $9.58 ↓ -93%
aetna better health pa chip $57.26 ↓ -58%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $62.46 ↓ -54%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $65.06 ↓ -52%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $65.06 ↓ -52%
upmc for kids chip $65.06 ↓ -52%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $65.06 ↓ -52%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $84.35 ↓ -38%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $84.35 ↓ -38%
humana medicare advantage all plans $88.57 ↓ -34%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $88.57 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $88.57 ↓ -34%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $88.57 ↓ -34%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $89.41 ↓ -34%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $89.41 ↓ -34%
wv senior advantage isnp $89.41 ↓ -34%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $89.41 ↓ -34%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $91.94 ↓ -32%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $93.00 ↓ -31%
the health plan wv peia $94.64 ↓ -30%
highmark pa chip $113.89 ↓ -16%
coventry health care worker's compensation $133.27 ↓ -1%
alliance coal alliance coal $147.61 ↑ +9%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +27%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $175.19 ↑ +30%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $175.19 ↑ +30%
aetna aetna $196.54 ↑ +46%

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