Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$43.50

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.

$87.00

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.

$11.07 with wellpoint west virginia 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
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $11.07 ↓ -75%
highmark health options chip $11.07 ↓ -75%
wellpoint wv chip $11.07 ↓ -75%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $11.07 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $11.23 ↓ -74%
aetna better health wv chip $11.28 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv chip $11.28 ↓ -74%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $11.28 ↓ -74%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $12.12 ↓ -72%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $36.20 ↓ -17%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $36.20 ↓ -17%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $38.01 ↓ -13%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $38.01 ↓ -13%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $38.01 ↓ -13%
humana medicare advantage all plans $38.01 ↓ -13%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $38.37 ↓ -12%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $38.37 ↓ -12%
wv senior advantage isnp $38.37 ↓ -12%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $38.37 ↓ -12%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $39.46 ↓ -9%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $39.91 ↓ -8%
the health plan wv peia $40.62 ↓ -7%
alliance coal alliance coal $45.25 ↑ +4%
highmark pa chip $48.88 ↑ +12%
coventry health care worker's compensation $57.20 ↑ +31%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $75.19 ↑ +73%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $75.19 ↑ +73%
aetna aetna $84.35 ↑ +94%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +294%

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $98.40 $38.05 – $131.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $238.80 $13.50 – $358.20
UPMC East Monroeville $287.40 $27.98 – $383.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $294.60 $14.66 – $49.63
UPMC Northwest Seneca $63.60 $28.24 – $40.41
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $112.80 $28.33 – $61.52
UPMC Jameson New Castle $70.20 $2.20 – $40.41
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $138.00 $29.60 – $41.16

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