Ear cartilage graft at Uniontown Hospital
500 W Berkeley St, Uniontown, PA · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1871594127
$5,724.92
Cash price 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.
$11,449.83
Gross charge 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 $13,369.17 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| upmc | commercial | $171.55 | ↓ -97% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $5,737.84 | ↑ +0% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $5,737.84 | ↑ +0% |
| amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage | all pl | $6,024.73 | ↑ +5% |
| senior life medicare advantage | all plans | $6,024.73 | ↑ +5% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $6,024.73 | ↑ +5% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $6,024.73 | ↑ +5% |
| geisinger pa medicare advantage | all plans | $6,082.11 | ↑ +6% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $6,082.11 | ↑ +6% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $6,082.11 | ↑ +6% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $6,082.11 | ↑ +6% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $6,254.25 | ↑ +9% |
| upmc for life medicare advantage | all plans | $6,325.97 | ↑ +10% |
| the health plan wv | peia | $6,437.86 | ↑ +12% |
| highmark pa | chip | $7,747.23 | ↑ +35% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $9,065.79 | ↑ +58% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $10,041.22 | ↑ +75% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $11,917.49 | ↑ +108% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $11,917.49 | ↑ +108% |
| aetna | aetna | $13,369.17 | ↑ +134% |
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Ear cartilage graft at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $9,009.00 | $1,646.97 – $2,319.98 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | not published | $1,383.52 – $6,091.06 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | not published | $1,631.43 – $8,202.79 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | not published | $1,016.56 – $9,090.80 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | not published | $1,329.00 – $6,203.86 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | not published | $17,510.00 – $17,510.00 |