Remove ear canal lesion(s) 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

$5,724.92

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$11,449.83

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.

$171.55 with upmc vs $6,559.93 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
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -97%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $2,815.42 ↓ -51%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $2,815.42 ↓ -51%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $2,956.19 ↓ -48%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $2,956.19 ↓ -48%
humana medicare advantage all plans $2,956.19 ↓ -48%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $2,956.19 ↓ -48%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $2,984.35 ↓ -48%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $2,984.35 ↓ -48%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $2,984.35 ↓ -48%
wv senior advantage isnp $2,984.35 ↓ -48%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,068.81 ↓ -46%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $3,104.00 ↓ -46%
the health plan wv peia $3,158.90 ↓ -45%
highmark pa chip $3,801.38 ↓ -34%
coventry health care worker's compensation $4,448.36 ↓ -22%
alliance coal alliance coal $4,926.98 ↓ -14%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $5,847.63 ↑ +2%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $5,847.63 ↑ +2%
aetna aetna $6,559.93 ↑ +15%

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Remove ear canal lesion(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $431.40 $90.83 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $116.78 – $4,217.85
UPMC Memorial York not published $109.86 – $4,391.07
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $95.15 – $3,001.48
UPMC Somerset Somerset not published $95.15 – $2,728.62
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata not published $8,754.00 – $8,754.00

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