Natriuretic peptide 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

$71.50

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.

$143.00

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.

$37.10 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 $37.10 ↓ -48%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $37.10 ↓ -48%
wellpoint wv chip $37.10 ↓ -48%
highmark health options chip $37.10 ↓ -48%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $37.63 ↓ -47%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $37.80 ↓ -47%
aetna better health wv chip $37.80 ↓ -47%
the health plan wv chip $37.80 ↓ -47%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $39.26 ↓ -45%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $39.26 ↓ -45%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $40.63 ↓ -43%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $41.22 ↓ -42%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $41.22 ↓ -42%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $41.22 ↓ -42%
humana medicare advantage all plans $41.22 ↓ -42%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $41.62 ↓ -42%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $41.62 ↓ -42%
wv senior advantage isnp $41.62 ↓ -42%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $41.62 ↓ -42%
aetna better health pa chip $41.73 ↓ -42%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $42.79 ↓ -40%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $43.28 ↓ -39%
the health plan wv peia $44.05 ↓ -38%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $45.53 ↓ -36%
upmc for kids chip $47.43 ↓ -34%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $47.43 ↓ -34%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $47.43 ↓ -34%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $47.43 ↓ -34%
alliance coal alliance coal $49.08 ↓ -31%
highmark pa chip $53.01 ↓ -26%
coventry health care worker's compensation $62.03 ↓ -13%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $81.54 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $81.54 ↑ +14%
aetna aetna $91.48 ↑ +28%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +140%

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Natriuretic peptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $159.00 $37.94 – $212.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $273.00 $14.17 – $409.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $199.20 $37.94 – $282.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $321.60 $25.52 – $428.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $199.20 $37.94 – $282.20
UPMC East Monroeville $704.40 $35.74 – $939.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $192.00 $37.94 – $91.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $287.40 $35.60 – $43.63

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