ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$1,732.50

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.

$3,465.00

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.

$152.61 with aetna better health pa vs $3,845.00 with united healthcare — 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 $152.61 ↓ -91%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $166.49 ↓ -90%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $173.43 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $173.43 ↓ -90%
upmc for kids chip $173.43 ↓ -90%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $241.25 ↓ -86%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $577.22 ↓ -67%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $577.22 ↓ -67%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $606.08 ↓ -65%
humana medicare advantage all plans $606.08 ↓ -65%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $606.08 ↓ -65%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $606.08 ↓ -65%
highmark health options chip $609.32 ↓ -65%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $609.32 ↓ -65%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $609.32 ↓ -65%
wellpoint wv chip $609.32 ↓ -65%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $611.85 ↓ -65%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $611.85 ↓ -65%
wv senior advantage isnp $611.85 ↓ -65%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $611.85 ↓ -65%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $618.02 ↓ -64%
the health plan wv chip $620.92 ↓ -64%
aetna better health wv chip $620.92 ↓ -64%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $620.92 ↓ -64%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $629.17 ↓ -64%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $636.39 ↓ -63%
the health plan wv peia $647.64 ↓ -63%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $667.35 ↓ -61%
highmark pa chip $779.36 ↓ -55%
coventry health care worker's compensation $912.01 ↓ -47%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,010.14 ↓ -42%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,198.89 ↓ -31%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,198.89 ↓ -31%
aetna aetna $1,344.92 ↓ -22%
upmc commercial $2,051.51 ↑ +18%
united healthcare united healthcare $3,845.00 ↑ +122%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,449.00 $174.21 – $1,932.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $903.60 $145.68 – $1,355.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,828.80 $65.00 – $2,590.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $630.00 $56.38 – $553.93
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,828.80 $65.00 – $645.31
UPMC East Monroeville $1,371.00 $152.61 – $1,828.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,165.40 $152.61 – $728.58
UPMC Northwest Seneca $703.20 $152.61 – $613.75

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