Insert cath pleura without image 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

$3,306.00

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.

$6,612.00

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.

$107.03 with aetna better health pa vs $4,333.59 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
aetna better health pa chip $107.03 ↓ -97%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $116.76 ↓ -96%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $121.63 ↓ -96%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $121.63 ↓ -96%
upmc for kids chip $121.63 ↓ -96%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $121.63 ↓ -96%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -95%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -94%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $225.40 ↓ -93%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,859.91 ↓ -44%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,859.91 ↓ -44%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $1,952.91 ↓ -41%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,952.91 ↓ -41%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $1,952.91 ↓ -41%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,952.91 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,971.50 ↓ -40%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,971.50 ↓ -40%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,971.50 ↓ -40%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,971.50 ↓ -40%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $2,027.30 ↓ -39%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $2,050.55 ↓ -38%
the health plan wv peia $2,086.82 ↓ -37%
highmark pa chip $2,511.25 ↓ -24%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,938.66 ↓ -11%
alliance coal alliance coal $3,254.84 ↓ -2%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $3,863.03 ↑ +17%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $3,863.03 ↑ +17%
aetna aetna $4,333.59 ↑ +31%

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