Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$74.00

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.

$148.00

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.

$9.68 with aetna better health pa 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
aetna better health pa chip $9.68 ↓ -87%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $10.56 ↓ -86%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $11.00 ↓ -85%
upmc for kids chip $11.00 ↓ -85%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $11.00 ↓ -85%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $11.00 ↓ -85%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $28.03 ↓ -62%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $28.03 ↓ -62%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $29.43 ↓ -60%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $29.43 ↓ -60%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $29.43 ↓ -60%
humana medicare advantage all plans $29.43 ↓ -60%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $29.71 ↓ -60%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $29.71 ↓ -60%
wv senior advantage isnp $29.71 ↓ -60%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $29.71 ↓ -60%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $30.55 ↓ -59%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $30.90 ↓ -58%
the health plan wv peia $31.45 ↓ -58%
alliance coal alliance coal $35.04 ↓ -53%
highmark pa chip $37.85 ↓ -49%
coventry health care worker's compensation $44.29 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $58.22 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $58.22 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna $65.31 ↓ -12%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +132%

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $54.60 $11.53 – $77.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $125.40 $16.80 – $167.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $54.60 $11.53 – $77.35
UPMC Hanover Hanover $54.60 $11.53 – $74.63
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $49.20 $11.65 – $71.31
UPMC Kane Kane $219.60 $12.71 – $211.44
UPMC Lititz Lititz $54.60 $11.53 – $73.97
UPMC Memorial York $54.60 $9.77 – $134.47

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