Diffusing capacity 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

$34.50

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.

$69.00

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.

$6.44 with wellpoint wv 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
wellpoint wv chip $6.44 ↓ -81%
highmark health options chip $6.44 ↓ -81%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $6.44 ↓ -81%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $6.44 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $6.53 ↓ -81%
aetna better health wv chip $6.56 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv chip $6.56 ↓ -81%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $6.56 ↓ -81%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $7.05 ↓ -80%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $9.11 ↓ -74%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $9.11 ↓ -74%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $9.57 ↓ -72%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $9.57 ↓ -72%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $9.57 ↓ -72%
humana medicare advantage all plans $9.57 ↓ -72%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $9.66 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $9.66 ↓ -72%
wv senior advantage isnp $9.66 ↓ -72%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $9.66 ↓ -72%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $9.93 ↓ -71%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $10.04 ↓ -71%
the health plan wv peia $10.22 ↓ -70%
highmark pa chip $12.30 ↓ -64%
coventry health care worker's compensation $14.39 ↓ -58%
alliance coal alliance coal $15.94 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $18.92 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $18.92 ↓ -45%
aetna aetna $21.23 ↓ -38%
aetna better health pa chip $36.43 ↑ +6%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $39.74 ↑ +15%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $41.40 ↑ +20%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $41.40 ↑ +20%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $41.40 ↑ +20%
upmc for kids chip $41.40 ↑ +20%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +397%

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Diffusing capacity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $339.60 $33.12 – $452.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $190.20 $41.52 – $285.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $970.20 $43.39 – $1,374.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $136.20 $41.52 – $181.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $970.20 $43.39 – $305.65
UPMC East Monroeville $360.00 $36.59 – $480.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $298.80 $36.25 – $148.64
UPMC Northwest Seneca $145.80 $43.49 – $94.07

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