Exchange drainage catheter 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

$2,205.50

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.

$4,411.00

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.

$64.68 with aetna better health pa vs $4,333.59 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 $64.68 ↓ -97%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $70.56 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $73.50 ↓ -97%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $73.50 ↓ -97%
upmc for kids chip $73.50 ↓ -97%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $73.50 ↓ -97%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -91%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -91%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -91%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -90%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $225.40 ↓ -90%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,859.91 ↓ -16%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,859.91 ↓ -16%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $1,952.91 ↓ -11%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,952.91 ↓ -11%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $1,952.91 ↓ -11%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,952.91 ↓ -11%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,971.50 ↓ -11%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,971.50 ↓ -11%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,971.50 ↓ -11%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,971.50 ↓ -11%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $2,027.30 ↓ -8%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $2,050.55 ↓ -7%
the health plan wv peia $2,086.82 ↓ -5%
highmark pa chip $2,511.25 ↑ +14%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,938.66 ↑ +33%
alliance coal alliance coal $3,254.84 ↑ +48%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $3,863.03 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $3,863.03 ↑ +75%
aetna aetna $4,333.59 ↑ +96%

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Exchange drainage catheter at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,895.40 $58.80 – $6,527.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $6,913.20 $74.68 – $9,793.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $6,913.20 $79.38 – $9,793.70
UPMC East Monroeville $3,520.20 $64.68 – $4,693.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,211.80 $64.68 – $2,630.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,902.00 $64.68 – $1,898.98
UPMC Hanover Hanover $6,913.20 $74.68 – $2,899.50
UPMC Lititz Lititz $6,913.20 $74.68 – $2,915.17

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