Electron microscopy diagnostic 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

$1,480.50

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.

$2,961.00

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.

$19.25 with aetna better health pa vs $1,819.52 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 $19.25 ↓ -99%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $21.00 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $21.88 ↓ -99%
upmc for kids chip $21.88 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $21.88 ↓ -99%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $21.88 ↓ -99%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -88%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $780.91 ↓ -47%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $780.91 ↓ -47%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $819.96 ↓ -45%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $819.96 ↓ -45%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $819.96 ↓ -45%
humana medicare advantage all plans $819.96 ↓ -45%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $827.76 ↓ -44%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $827.76 ↓ -44%
wv senior advantage isnp $827.76 ↓ -44%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $827.76 ↓ -44%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $851.19 ↓ -43%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $860.95 ↓ -42%
the health plan wv peia $876.18 ↓ -41%
alliance coal alliance coal $976.14 ↓ -34%
highmark pa chip $1,054.38 ↓ -29%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,233.84 ↓ -17%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,621.95 ↑ +10%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,621.95 ↑ +10%
aetna aetna $1,819.52 ↑ +23%

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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,422.80 $17.50 – $3,230.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,472.40 $22.93 – $2,085.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,472.40 $22.93 – $1,500.25
UPMC East Monroeville $1,137.60 $69.00 – $1,516.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,811.40 $69.00 – $970.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,386.00 $75.90 – $817.76
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,472.40 $22.93 – $1,248.61
UPMC Jameson New Castle $774.00 $20.12 – $841.13

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