Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study 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

$464.00

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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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$928.00

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.

$35.26 with highmark health options vs $902.83 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 $35.26 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $35.26 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $35.26 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $35.26 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $35.76 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $35.93 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $35.93 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $35.93 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $38.62 ↓ -92%
aetna better health pa chip $130.90 ↓ -72%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $142.80 ↓ -69%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $148.75 ↓ -68%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $148.75 ↓ -68%
upmc for kids chip $148.75 ↓ -68%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $148.75 ↓ -68%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -63%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $387.48 ↓ -16%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $387.48 ↓ -16%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $406.85 ↓ -12%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $406.85 ↓ -12%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $406.85 ↓ -12%
humana medicare advantage all plans $406.85 ↓ -12%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $410.73 ↓ -11%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $410.73 ↓ -11%
wv senior advantage isnp $410.73 ↓ -11%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $410.73 ↓ -11%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $422.35 ↓ -9%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $427.20 ↓ -8%
the health plan wv peia $434.75 ↓ -6%
highmark pa chip $523.18 ↑ +13%
coventry health care worker's compensation $612.22 ↑ +32%
alliance coal alliance coal $678.09 ↑ +46%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $804.80 ↑ +73%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $804.80 ↑ +73%
aetna aetna $902.83 ↑ +95%

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Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,362.60 $119.00 – $1,816.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $705.60 $138.22 – $1,058.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,228.80 $155.89 – $1,740.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,171.20 $174.69 – $1,561.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,228.80 $155.89 – $1,740.80
UPMC East Monroeville $2,587.20 $183.01 – $3,449.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,297.80 $183.01 – $645.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $663.60 $183.01 – $623.39

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