Drain cath image guided visceral pq 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

$1,761.50

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.

$3,523.00

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.

$171.55 with upmc vs $3,729.91 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
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -90%
aetna better health pa chip $190.71 ↓ -89%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -88%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -88%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -88%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -88%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $208.04 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -88%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -88%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -88%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $216.71 ↓ -88%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $216.71 ↓ -88%
upmc for kids chip $216.71 ↓ -88%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $216.71 ↓ -88%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $225.40 ↓ -87%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,600.82 ↓ -9%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,600.82 ↓ -9%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $1,680.86 ↓ -5%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,680.86 ↓ -5%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $1,680.86 ↓ -5%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,680.86 ↓ -5%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,696.87 ↓ -4%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,696.87 ↓ -4%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,696.87 ↓ -4%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,696.87 ↓ -4%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,744.89 ↓ -1%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,764.90 ↑ +0%
the health plan wv peia $1,796.12 ↑ +2%
highmark pa chip $2,161.43 ↑ +23%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,529.30 ↑ +44%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,801.44 ↑ +59%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $3,324.90 ↑ +89%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $3,324.90 ↑ +89%
aetna aetna $3,729.91 ↑ +112%

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Drain cath image guided visceral pq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,876.60 $173.37 – $5,168.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,637.20 $220.18 – $5,152.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,637.20 $234.05 – $5,152.70
UPMC East Monroeville $7,281.60 $190.71 – $9,708.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $8,322.60 $190.71 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $7,281.60 $190.71 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,637.20 $220.18 – $2,476.51
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,025.20 $190.71 – $2,085.34

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