Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple 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

$184.00

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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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$368.00

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.

$18.78 with highmark health options 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 chip $18.78 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $18.78 ↓ -90%
wellpoint wv chip $18.78 ↓ -90%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $18.78 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $19.05 ↓ -90%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $19.14 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv chip $19.14 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv chip $19.14 ↓ -90%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $20.57 ↓ -89%
aetna better health pa chip $30.26 ↓ -84%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $33.01 ↓ -82%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $34.39 ↓ -81%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $34.39 ↓ -81%
upmc for kids chip $34.39 ↓ -81%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $34.39 ↓ -81%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $64.48 ↓ -65%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $64.48 ↓ -65%
humana medicare advantage all plans $67.70 ↓ -63%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $67.70 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $67.70 ↓ -63%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $67.70 ↓ -63%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $68.35 ↓ -63%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $68.35 ↓ -63%
wv senior advantage isnp $68.35 ↓ -63%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $68.35 ↓ -63%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $70.28 ↓ -62%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $71.09 ↓ -61%
the health plan wv peia $72.35 ↓ -61%
highmark pa chip $87.06 ↓ -53%
coventry health care worker's compensation $101.88 ↓ -45%
alliance coal alliance coal $112.84 ↓ -39%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $133.92 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $133.92 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna $150.24 ↓ -18%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -7%

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Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $347.40 $27.51 – $463.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $416.40 $28.89 – $624.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $640.20 $34.94 – $906.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $405.00 $26.96 – $167.61
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $640.20 $34.94 – $220.15
UPMC East Monroeville $720.00 $30.26 – $960.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $717.00 $30.26 – $178.73
UPMC Northwest Seneca $538.20 $30.26 – $167.61

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