Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance 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

$877.50

Cash price

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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.

$1,755.00

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.

$74.37 with highmark health options vs $1,594.14 with aetna — 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 chip $74.37 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $74.37 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $74.37 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $74.37 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $75.43 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $75.79 ↓ -91%
aetna better health wv chip $75.79 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $75.79 ↓ -91%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $81.45 ↓ -91%
aetna better health pa chip $89.45 ↓ -90%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $97.58 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $101.65 ↓ -88%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $101.65 ↓ -88%
upmc for kids chip $101.65 ↓ -88%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $101.65 ↓ -88%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -80%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $684.18 ↓ -22%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $684.18 ↓ -22%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $718.39 ↓ -18%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $718.39 ↓ -18%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $718.39 ↓ -18%
humana medicare advantage all plans $718.39 ↓ -18%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $725.23 ↓ -17%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $725.23 ↓ -17%
wv senior advantage isnp $725.23 ↓ -17%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $725.23 ↓ -17%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $745.76 ↓ -15%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $754.31 ↓ -14%
the health plan wv peia $767.65 ↓ -13%
highmark pa chip $923.78 ↑ +5%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,081.00 ↑ +23%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,197.31 ↑ +36%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,421.04 ↑ +62%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,421.04 ↑ +62%
aetna aetna $1,594.14 ↑ +82%

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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,094.60 $81.32 – $2,792.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,048.40 $103.28 – $2,901.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $165.60 $76.51 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,048.40 $103.28 – $2,901.90
UPMC East Monroeville $1,771.20 $89.45 – $2,361.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,868.60 $89.45 – $960.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,253.20 $89.45 – $693.24
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,048.40 $103.28 – $1,058.50

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