Insert sq defib electrode 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

$3,003.00

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.

$6,006.00

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.

$171.55 with upmc vs $18,688.88 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
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -93%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -93%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -93%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -93%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $225.40 ↓ -92%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $8,020.98 ↑ +167%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $8,020.98 ↑ +167%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $8,422.03 ↑ +180%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $8,422.03 ↑ +180%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $8,422.03 ↑ +180%
humana medicare advantage all plans $8,422.03 ↑ +180%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $8,502.24 ↑ +183%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $8,502.24 ↑ +183%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $8,502.24 ↑ +183%
wv senior advantage isnp $8,502.24 ↑ +183%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $8,742.87 ↑ +191%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $8,843.13 ↑ +194%
the health plan wv peia $8,999.54 ↑ +200%
highmark pa chip $10,829.93 ↑ +261%
coventry health care worker's compensation $12,673.15 ↑ +322%
alliance coal alliance coal $14,036.72 ↑ +367%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $16,659.58 ↑ +455%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $16,659.58 ↑ +455%
aetna aetna $18,688.88 ↑ +522%

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Insert sq defib electrode at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $12,994.80 $700.05 – $18,409.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $12,994.80 $700.05 – $18,409.30
UPMC Hanover Hanover $12,994.80 $700.05 – $12,649.66
UPMC Lititz Lititz $12,994.80 $700.05 – $12,718.00
UPMC Memorial York $12,994.80 $268.94 – $12,697.34
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $14,554.20 $329.97 – $8,679.17
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $18,924.60 $333.12 – $8,679.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $20,059.80 $333.12 – $8,679.17

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