MRI breast c- unilateral 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

$913.00

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.

$1,826.00

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.

$50.96 with highmark health options vs $538.86 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
highmark health options chip $50.96 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $50.96 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $50.96 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $50.96 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $51.68 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $51.93 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $51.93 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $51.93 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $55.81 ↓ -94%
aetna better health pa chip $147.27 ↓ -84%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $160.66 ↓ -82%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $167.35 ↓ -82%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $167.35 ↓ -82%
upmc for kids chip $167.35 ↓ -82%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $167.35 ↓ -82%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -81%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $231.27 ↓ -75%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $231.27 ↓ -75%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $242.83 ↓ -73%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $242.83 ↓ -73%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $242.83 ↓ -73%
humana medicare advantage all plans $242.83 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $245.15 ↓ -73%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $245.15 ↓ -73%
wv senior advantage isnp $245.15 ↓ -73%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $245.15 ↓ -73%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $252.08 ↓ -72%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $254.98 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv peia $259.48 ↓ -72%
highmark pa chip $312.26 ↓ -66%
coventry health care worker's compensation $365.41 ↓ -60%
alliance coal alliance coal $404.72 ↓ -56%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $480.35 ↓ -47%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $480.35 ↓ -47%
aetna aetna $538.86 ↓ -41%

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MRI breast c- unilateral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $480.60 $109.74 – $680.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $480.60 $160.20 – $703.14
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,720.20 $102.20 – $345.98
UPMC Hanover Hanover $480.60 $175.38 – $425.00
UPMC Lititz Lititz $480.60 $175.38 – $425.00
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,220.40 $103.17 – $327.84
UPMC Memorial York $480.60 $83.29 – $1,094.08
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,405.80 $171.37 – $327.84

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