Platelet automated 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

$14.00

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.

$28.00

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.

$3.30 with aetna better health pa 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
aetna better health pa chip $3.30 ↓ -76%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $3.60 ↓ -74%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $3.75 ↓ -73%
upmc for kids chip $3.75 ↓ -73%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $3.75 ↓ -73%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $3.75 ↓ -73%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $4.23 ↓ -70%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $4.23 ↓ -70%
wellpoint wv chip $4.23 ↓ -70%
highmark health options chip $4.23 ↓ -70%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $4.29 ↓ -69%
aetna better health wv chip $4.31 ↓ -69%
the health plan wv chip $4.31 ↓ -69%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $4.31 ↓ -69%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $4.48 ↓ -68%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $4.48 ↓ -68%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $4.63 ↓ -67%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $4.70 ↓ -66%
humana medicare advantage all plans $4.70 ↓ -66%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $4.70 ↓ -66%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $4.70 ↓ -66%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $4.75 ↓ -66%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $4.75 ↓ -66%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $4.75 ↓ -66%
wv senior advantage isnp $4.75 ↓ -66%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $4.88 ↓ -65%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $4.94 ↓ -65%
the health plan wv peia $5.03 ↓ -64%
alliance coal alliance coal $5.60 ↓ -60%
highmark pa chip $6.05 ↓ -57%
coventry health care worker's compensation $7.08 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $9.30 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $9.30 ↓ -34%
aetna aetna $10.44 ↓ -25%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +1125%

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Platelet automated at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $64.80 $3.00 – $86.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $33.60 $1.62 – $49.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $22.80 $3.00 – $32.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $46.20 $2.91 – $61.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $23.40 $3.00 – $39.59
UPMC East Monroeville $98.40 $3.00 – $124.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $97.20 $3.00 – $12.01
UPMC Northwest Seneca $75.00 $3.30 – $4.84

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