Fluoroguide needle placement 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

$75.00

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.

$150.00

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.

$19.81 with wellpoint wv vs $171.55 with upmc — 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
wellpoint wv chip $19.81 ↓ -74%
highmark health options chip $19.81 ↓ -74%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $19.81 ↓ -74%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $19.81 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $20.10 ↓ -73%
aetna better health wv chip $20.19 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv chip $20.19 ↓ -73%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $20.19 ↓ -73%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $21.70 ↓ -71%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $26.32 ↓ -65%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $26.32 ↓ -65%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $27.64 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $27.64 ↓ -63%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $27.64 ↓ -63%
humana medicare advantage all plans $27.64 ↓ -63%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $27.90 ↓ -63%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $27.90 ↓ -63%
wv senior advantage isnp $27.90 ↓ -63%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $27.90 ↓ -63%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $28.69 ↓ -62%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $29.02 ↓ -61%
the health plan wv peia $29.53 ↓ -61%
highmark pa chip $35.54 ↓ -53%
aetna better health pa chip $39.24 ↓ -48%
coventry health care worker's compensation $41.59 ↓ -45%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $42.80 ↓ -43%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $44.59 ↓ -41%
upmc for kids chip $44.59 ↓ -41%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $44.59 ↓ -41%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $44.59 ↓ -41%
alliance coal alliance coal $46.06 ↓ -39%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $54.67 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $54.67 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna $61.33 ↓ -18%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +129%

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $318.60 $35.67 – $424.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $200.40 $58.16 – $300.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,011.60 $46.73 – $1,433.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $258.60 $58.16 – $196.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,011.60 $46.73 – $1,433.10
UPMC East Monroeville $476.40 $60.93 – $635.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $591.60 $60.93 – $233.05
UPMC Northwest Seneca $429.60 $60.93 – $215.12

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