Culture urine each isolate 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

$33.00

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.

$66.00

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.

$7.64 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 $7.64 ↓ -77%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $7.64 ↓ -77%
wellpoint wv chip $7.64 ↓ -77%
highmark health options chip $7.64 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.75 ↓ -77%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $7.79 ↓ -76%
aetna better health wv chip $7.79 ↓ -76%
the health plan wv chip $7.79 ↓ -76%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $8.09 ↓ -75%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $8.09 ↓ -75%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $8.37 ↓ -75%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $8.49 ↓ -74%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $8.49 ↓ -74%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $8.49 ↓ -74%
humana medicare advantage all plans $8.49 ↓ -74%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $8.58 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $8.58 ↓ -74%
wv senior advantage isnp $8.58 ↓ -74%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $8.58 ↓ -74%
aetna better health pa chip $8.80 ↓ -73%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $8.82 ↓ -73%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $8.92 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv peia $9.08 ↓ -72%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $9.60 ↓ -71%
upmc for kids chip $10.00 ↓ -70%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $10.00 ↓ -70%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $10.00 ↓ -70%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $10.00 ↓ -70%
alliance coal alliance coal $10.11 ↓ -69%
highmark pa chip $10.92 ↓ -67%
coventry health care worker's compensation $12.78 ↓ -61%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $16.80 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $16.80 ↓ -49%
aetna aetna $18.85 ↓ -43%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +420%

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Culture urine each isolate at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $2.92 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $45.60 $8.00 – $64.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $58.20 $5.26 – $77.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $45.60 $8.00 – $50.46
UPMC Hamot Erie $62.40 $8.00 – $15.63
UPMC Northwest Seneca $40.80 $7.34 – $9.20
UPMC Hanover Hanover $45.60 $8.00 – $12.94
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $60.60 $7.24 – $15.18

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