Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$39.00

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.

$78.00

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.

$7.99 with highmark health options west va 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 west va mgd mcaid $7.99 ↓ -80%
wellpoint wv chip $7.99 ↓ -80%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $7.99 ↓ -80%
highmark health options chip $7.99 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $8.10 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv chip $8.14 ↓ -79%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $8.14 ↓ -79%
aetna better health wv chip $8.14 ↓ -79%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $8.46 ↓ -78%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $8.46 ↓ -78%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $8.75 ↓ -78%
humana medicare advantage all plans $8.88 ↓ -77%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $8.88 ↓ -77%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $8.88 ↓ -77%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $8.88 ↓ -77%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $8.97 ↓ -77%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $8.97 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $8.97 ↓ -77%
wv senior advantage isnp $8.97 ↓ -77%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $9.22 ↓ -76%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $9.33 ↓ -76%
the health plan wv peia $9.49 ↓ -76%
aetna better health pa chip $10.30 ↓ -74%
alliance coal alliance coal $10.58 ↓ -73%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $11.23 ↓ -71%
highmark pa chip $11.42 ↓ -71%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $11.70 ↓ -70%
upmc for kids chip $11.70 ↓ -70%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $11.70 ↓ -70%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $11.70 ↓ -70%
coventry health care worker's compensation $13.37 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $17.57 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $17.57 ↓ -55%
aetna aetna $19.71 ↓ -49%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +340%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $108.60 $8.36 – $144.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.80 $3.05 – $88.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $55.20 $8.38 – $78.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $81.60 $5.50 – $108.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $55.20 $8.38 – $65.45
UPMC East Monroeville $175.20 $8.36 – $233.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $534.60 $8.36 – $22.47
UPMC Northwest Seneca $84.60 $7.67 – $10.76

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