Microsatellite instability 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

$185.00

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.

$370.00

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 $812.14 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 ↓ -7%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $329.39 ↑ +78%
wellpoint wv chip $329.39 ↑ +78%
highmark health options chip $329.39 ↑ +78%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $329.39 ↑ +78%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $334.09 ↑ +81%
the health plan wv chip $335.66 ↑ +81%
aetna better health wv chip $335.66 ↑ +81%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $335.66 ↑ +81%
aetna better health pa chip $347.63 ↑ +88%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $348.56 ↑ +88%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $348.56 ↑ +88%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $360.76 ↑ +95%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $365.99 ↑ +98%
humana medicare advantage all plans $365.99 ↑ +98%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $365.99 ↑ +98%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $365.99 ↑ +98%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $369.47 ↑ +100%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $369.47 ↑ +100%
wv senior advantage isnp $369.47 ↑ +100%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $369.47 ↑ +100%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $370.00 ↑ +100%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $379.24 ↑ +105%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $379.93 ↑ +105%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $384.29 ↑ +108%
the health plan wv peia $391.08 ↑ +111%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $395.04 ↑ +114%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $395.04 ↑ +114%
upmc for kids chip $395.04 ↑ +114%
alliance coal alliance coal $435.70 ↑ +136%
highmark pa chip $470.63 ↑ +154%
coventry health care worker's compensation $550.72 ↑ +198%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $723.96 ↑ +291%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $723.96 ↑ +291%
aetna aetna $812.14 ↑ +339%

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Microsatellite instability at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,122.00 $264.17 – $1,496.00
UPMC East Monroeville $1,154.40 $266.69 – $1,539.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,154.40 $285.59 – $376.44
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,154.40 $268.83 – $376.44
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,247.80 $266.69 – $538.58
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $1,154.40 $266.69 – $383.42
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,154.40 $264.17 – $383.42
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,154.40 $266.69 – $400.57

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