CT t-spine w /wo contrast 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

$701.00

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.

$1,402.00

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.

$45.03 with highmark health options vs $396.12 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 $45.03 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $45.03 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $45.03 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $45.03 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $45.68 ↓ -93%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $45.89 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $45.89 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv chip $45.89 ↓ -93%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $49.32 ↓ -93%
aetna better health pa chip $149.60 ↓ -79%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $163.20 ↓ -77%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $170.00 ↓ -76%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $170.00 ↓ -76%
upmc for kids chip $170.00 ↓ -76%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $170.00 ↓ -76%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $170.01 ↓ -76%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $170.01 ↓ -76%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -76%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $178.51 ↓ -75%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $178.51 ↓ -75%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $178.51 ↓ -75%
humana medicare advantage all plans $178.51 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $180.21 ↓ -74%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $180.21 ↓ -74%
wv senior advantage isnp $180.21 ↓ -74%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $180.21 ↓ -74%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $185.31 ↓ -74%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $187.44 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv peia $190.75 ↓ -73%
highmark pa chip $229.55 ↓ -67%
coventry health care worker's compensation $268.62 ↓ -62%
alliance coal alliance coal $297.52 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $353.11 ↓ -50%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $353.11 ↓ -50%
aetna aetna $396.12 ↓ -43%

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CT t-spine w /wo contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,784.40 $136.00 – $2,379.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,424.40 $168.60 – $2,017.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,057.20 $204.80 – $1,409.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,424.40 $173.36 – $2,017.90
UPMC East Monroeville $3,242.40 $170.18 – $4,323.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,637.60 $195.88 – $985.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,750.20 $153.92 – $913.53
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,424.40 $168.36 – $956.02

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