Hemoglobin plasma 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

$39.50

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.

$79.00

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.

$3.85 with aetna better health pa 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
aetna better health pa chip $3.85 ↓ -90%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $4.20 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $4.38 ↓ -89%
upmc for kids chip $4.38 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $4.38 ↓ -89%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $4.38 ↓ -89%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $6.91 ↓ -83%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $6.91 ↓ -83%
wellpoint wv chip $6.91 ↓ -83%
highmark health options chip $6.91 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.01 ↓ -82%
aetna better health wv chip $7.04 ↓ -82%
the health plan wv chip $7.04 ↓ -82%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $7.04 ↓ -82%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $7.31 ↓ -81%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $7.31 ↓ -81%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $7.57 ↓ -81%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $7.68 ↓ -81%
humana medicare advantage all plans $7.68 ↓ -81%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $7.68 ↓ -81%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $7.68 ↓ -81%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $7.75 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $7.75 ↓ -80%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $7.75 ↓ -80%
wv senior advantage isnp $7.75 ↓ -80%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $7.97 ↓ -80%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $8.06 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv peia $8.20 ↓ -79%
alliance coal alliance coal $9.14 ↓ -77%
highmark pa chip $9.87 ↓ -75%
coventry health care worker's compensation $11.55 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $15.18 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $15.18 ↓ -62%
aetna aetna $17.03 ↓ -57%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +334%

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Hemoglobin plasma at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $61.20 $3.50 – $81.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $37.80 $3.50 – $53.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $37.80 $3.50 – $53.55
UPMC East Monroeville $90.60 $3.50 – $120.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $68.40 $3.50 – $11.69
UPMC Northwest Seneca $39.00 $3.85 – $7.68
UPMC Hanover Hanover $37.80 $3.50 – $11.70
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $81.60 $3.50 – $13.72

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