CT thoracic spine without 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

$525.50

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.

$1,051.00

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.

$35.00 with highmark health options vs $236.10 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 $35.00 ↓ -93%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $35.00 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $35.00 ↓ -93%
wellpoint wv chip $35.00 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $35.50 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv chip $35.66 ↓ -93%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $35.66 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $35.66 ↓ -93%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $38.33 ↓ -93%
aetna better health pa chip $99.66 ↓ -81%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $101.33 ↓ -81%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $101.33 ↓ -81%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $106.40 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $106.40 ↓ -80%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $106.40 ↓ -80%
humana medicare advantage all plans $106.40 ↓ -80%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $107.41 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $107.41 ↓ -80%
wv senior advantage isnp $107.41 ↓ -80%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $107.41 ↓ -80%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $108.72 ↓ -79%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $110.45 ↓ -79%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $111.72 ↓ -79%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $113.25 ↓ -78%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $113.25 ↓ -78%
upmc for kids chip $113.25 ↓ -78%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $113.25 ↓ -78%
the health plan wv peia $113.69 ↓ -78%
highmark pa chip $136.82 ↓ -74%
coventry health care worker's compensation $160.10 ↓ -70%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -67%
alliance coal alliance coal $177.33 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $210.46 ↓ -60%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $210.46 ↓ -60%
aetna aetna $236.10 ↓ -55%

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CT thoracic spine without contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,209.00 $90.60 – $1,612.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $847.80 $36.58 – $1,271.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $876.00 $100.71 – $1,241.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $751.80 $148.14 – $1,002.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $876.00 $103.55 – $1,241.00
UPMC East Monroeville $1,863.00 $101.65 – $2,484.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,906.80 $115.76 – $701.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,368.00 $91.94 – $650.82

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