Drainage external ear simple 69000 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

$964.00

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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.

$1,928.00

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.

$47.30 with aetna better health pa vs $1,599.22 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
aetna better health pa chip $47.30 ↓ -95%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $51.60 ↓ -95%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $53.75 ↓ -94%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $53.75 ↓ -94%
upmc for kids chip $53.75 ↓ -94%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $53.75 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -89%
highmark health options chip $105.00 ↓ -89%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↓ -89%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -89%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -89%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $115.00 ↓ -88%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -82%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $686.36 ↓ -29%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $686.36 ↓ -29%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $720.68 ↓ -25%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $720.68 ↓ -25%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $720.68 ↓ -25%
humana medicare advantage all plans $720.68 ↓ -25%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $727.54 ↓ -25%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $727.54 ↓ -25%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $727.54 ↓ -25%
wv senior advantage isnp $727.54 ↓ -25%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $748.13 ↓ -22%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $756.71 ↓ -22%
the health plan wv peia $770.10 ↓ -20%
highmark pa chip $926.72 ↓ -4%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,084.45 ↑ +12%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,201.13 ↑ +25%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,425.57 ↑ +48%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,425.57 ↑ +48%
aetna aetna $1,599.22 ↑ +66%

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Drainage external ear simple 69000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $909.00 $43.00 – $1,212.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,371.00 $45.15 – $2,056.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $924.60 $54.61 – $1,309.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $588.00 $31.32 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $924.60 $54.61 – $1,309.85
UPMC East Monroeville $856.80 $47.30 – $1,142.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,248.00 $47.30 – $975.61
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,134.60 $47.30 – $704.33

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