Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$85.50

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.

$171.00

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.

$8.25 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 $8.25 ↓ -90%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $9.00 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $9.38 ↓ -89%
upmc for kids chip $9.38 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $9.38 ↓ -89%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $9.38 ↓ -89%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $17.00 ↓ -80%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $21.18 ↓ -75%
wellpoint wv chip $21.18 ↓ -75%
highmark health options chip $21.18 ↓ -75%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $21.18 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $21.48 ↓ -75%
aetna better health wv chip $21.58 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv chip $21.58 ↓ -75%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $21.58 ↓ -75%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $22.41 ↓ -74%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $22.41 ↓ -74%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $23.53 ↓ -72%
humana medicare advantage all plans $23.53 ↓ -72%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $23.53 ↓ -72%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $23.53 ↓ -72%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $23.75 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $23.75 ↓ -72%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $23.75 ↓ -72%
wv senior advantage isnp $23.75 ↓ -72%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $24.43 ↓ -71%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $24.71 ↓ -71%
the health plan wv peia $25.14 ↓ -71%
alliance coal alliance coal $28.01 ↓ -67%
highmark pa chip $30.26 ↓ -65%
coventry health care worker's compensation $35.41 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $46.55 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $46.55 ↓ -46%
aetna aetna $52.22 ↓ -39%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +101%

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Homovanillic acid (hva) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $286.80 $7.50 – $382.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $207.60 $7.50 – $311.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $81.00 $7.50 – $114.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $105.00 $7.88 – $140.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $81.00 $7.50 – $114.75
UPMC Hamot Erie $163.80 $7.50 – $29.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $99.00 $8.25 – $23.53
UPMC Hanover Hanover $81.00 $7.50 – $35.86

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