Prealbumin 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

$28.00

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.

$56.00

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.

$13.79 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 $13.79 ↓ -51%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $13.79 ↓ -51%
wellpoint wv chip $13.79 ↓ -51%
highmark health options chip $13.79 ↓ -51%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $13.98 ↓ -50%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $14.05 ↓ -50%
aetna better health wv chip $14.05 ↓ -50%
the health plan wv chip $14.05 ↓ -50%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $14.59 ↓ -48%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $14.59 ↓ -48%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $15.10 ↓ -46%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $15.32 ↓ -45%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $15.32 ↓ -45%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $15.32 ↓ -45%
humana medicare advantage all plans $15.32 ↓ -45%
wv senior advantage isnp $15.47 ↓ -45%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $15.47 ↓ -45%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $15.47 ↓ -45%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $15.47 ↓ -45%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $15.90 ↓ -43%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $16.09 ↓ -43%
the health plan wv peia $16.37 ↓ -42%
alliance coal alliance coal $18.24 ↓ -35%
highmark pa chip $19.70 ↓ -30%
aetna better health pa chip $22.18 ↓ -21%
coventry health care worker's compensation $23.05 ↓ -18%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $24.19 ↓ -14%
upmc for kids chip $25.20 ↓ -10%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $25.20 ↓ -10%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $25.20 ↓ -10%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $25.20 ↓ -10%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $30.30 ↑ +8%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $30.30 ↑ +8%
aetna aetna $33.99 ↑ +21%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +513%

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Prealbumin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $175.20 $14.42 – $233.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $5.26 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $74.40 $6.38 – $105.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $102.60 $9.48 – $136.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $74.40 $14.44 – $105.40
UPMC East Monroeville $218.40 $14.42 – $291.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $274.80 $14.42 – $28.27
UPMC Northwest Seneca $76.20 $13.23 – $23.18

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