Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$30.00

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.

$60.00

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.

$31.99 with highmark health options west va 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
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $31.99 ↑ +7%
wellpoint wv chip $31.99 ↑ +7%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $31.99 ↑ +7%
highmark health options chip $31.99 ↑ +7%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $32.45 ↑ +8%
the health plan wv chip $32.60 ↑ +9%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $32.60 ↑ +9%
aetna better health wv chip $32.60 ↑ +9%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $33.86 ↑ +13%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $33.86 ↑ +13%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $35.04 ↑ +17%
humana medicare advantage all plans $35.55 ↑ +19%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $35.55 ↑ +19%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $35.55 ↑ +19%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $35.55 ↑ +19%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $35.89 ↑ +20%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $35.89 ↑ +20%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $35.89 ↑ +20%
wv senior advantage isnp $35.89 ↑ +20%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $36.91 ↑ +23%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $37.33 ↑ +24%
the health plan wv peia $37.99 ↑ +27%
aetna better health pa chip $41.64 ↑ +39%
alliance coal alliance coal $42.32 ↑ +41%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $45.42 ↑ +51%
highmark pa chip $45.72 ↑ +52%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $47.31 ↑ +58%
upmc for kids chip $47.31 ↑ +58%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $47.31 ↑ +58%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $47.31 ↑ +58%
coventry health care worker's compensation $53.50 ↑ +78%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $70.33 ↑ +134%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $70.33 ↑ +134%
aetna aetna $78.89 ↑ +163%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +472%

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $447.60 $33.46 – $596.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $239.40 $12.22 – $359.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $189.00 $28.98 – $242.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $312.00 $22.01 – $416.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $189.00 $33.52 – $242.25
UPMC East Monroeville $362.40 $19.32 – $483.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $573.60 $33.46 – $90.88
UPMC Northwest Seneca $186.60 $19.50 – $43.53

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