Prostate biopsy, any mthd 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

$457.50

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.

$915.00

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.

$127.90 with wellpoint wv vs $809.51 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
wellpoint wv chip $127.90 ↓ -72%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $127.90 ↓ -72%
highmark health options chip $127.90 ↓ -72%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $127.90 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $129.73 ↓ -72%
aetna better health wv chip $130.34 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv chip $130.34 ↓ -72%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $130.34 ↓ -72%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $140.08 ↓ -69%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -63%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $347.43 ↓ -24%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $347.43 ↓ -24%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $364.80 ↓ -20%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $364.80 ↓ -20%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $364.80 ↓ -20%
humana medicare advantage all plans $364.80 ↓ -20%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $368.28 ↓ -20%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $368.28 ↓ -20%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $368.28 ↓ -20%
wv senior advantage isnp $368.28 ↓ -20%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $378.70 ↓ -17%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $383.04 ↓ -16%
the health plan wv peia $389.82 ↓ -15%
highmark pa chip $469.10 ↑ +3%
coventry health care worker's compensation $548.94 ↑ +20%
alliance coal alliance coal $608.00 ↑ +33%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $721.61 ↑ +58%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $721.61 ↑ +58%
aetna aetna $809.51 ↑ +77%

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Prostate biopsy, any mthd at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $287.40 $239.50 – $774.58
UPMC Bedford Everett $308.40 $123.74 – $462.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $643.20 $146.86 – $911.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,301.40 $53.00 – $1,735.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $643.20 $214.40 – $911.20
UPMC East Monroeville $308.40 $127.95 – $781.96
UPMC Hamot Erie $334.20 $157.05 – $774.58
UPMC Northwest Seneca $308.40 $129.14 – $370.39

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