Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus 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

$126.00

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.

$252.00

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.

$33.16 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 $33.16 ↓ -74%
wellpoint wv chip $33.16 ↓ -74%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $33.16 ↓ -74%
highmark health options chip $33.16 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $33.63 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv chip $33.79 ↓ -73%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $33.79 ↓ -73%
aetna better health wv chip $33.79 ↓ -73%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -72%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $36.32 ↓ -71%
humana medicare advantage all plans $36.84 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $36.84 ↓ -71%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $36.84 ↓ -71%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $36.84 ↓ -71%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $37.20 ↓ -70%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $37.20 ↓ -70%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $37.20 ↓ -70%
wv senior advantage isnp $37.20 ↓ -70%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $38.25 ↓ -70%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $38.69 ↓ -69%
the health plan wv peia $39.37 ↓ -69%
aetna better health pa chip $43.15 ↓ -66%
alliance coal alliance coal $43.86 ↓ -65%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $47.08 ↓ -63%
highmark pa chip $47.38 ↓ -62%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $49.04 ↓ -61%
upmc for kids chip $49.04 ↓ -61%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $49.04 ↓ -61%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $49.04 ↓ -61%
coventry health care worker's compensation $55.44 ↓ -56%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $72.88 ↓ -42%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $72.88 ↓ -42%
aetna aetna $81.76 ↓ -35%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +36%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $453.60 $34.68 – $604.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $592.20 $12.66 – $888.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $195.60 $34.74 – $277.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $131.40 $22.81 – $175.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $195.60 $34.74 – $277.10
UPMC East Monroeville $406.20 $34.68 – $541.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $575.40 $34.68 – $91.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $576.00 $31.82 – $45.11

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