Str markers specimen anal 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

$751.50

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.

$1,503.00

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.

$171.55 with upmc vs $543.05 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 ↓ -77%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $174.00 ↓ -77%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $220.25 ↓ -71%
wellpoint wv chip $220.25 ↓ -71%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $220.25 ↓ -71%
highmark health options chip $220.25 ↓ -71%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $223.39 ↓ -70%
the health plan wv chip $224.44 ↓ -70%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $224.44 ↓ -70%
aetna better health wv chip $224.44 ↓ -70%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $233.07 ↓ -69%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $233.07 ↓ -69%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $244.72 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage all plans $244.72 ↓ -67%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $244.72 ↓ -67%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $244.72 ↓ -67%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $247.05 ↓ -67%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $247.05 ↓ -67%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $247.05 ↓ -67%
wv senior advantage isnp $247.05 ↓ -67%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $254.05 ↓ -66%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $256.96 ↓ -66%
the health plan wv peia $261.50 ↓ -65%
alliance coal alliance coal $291.34 ↓ -61%
highmark pa chip $314.69 ↓ -58%
coventry health care worker's compensation $368.25 ↓ -51%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $484.09 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $484.09 ↓ -36%
aetna aetna $543.05 ↓ -28%

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Str markers specimen anal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $262.80 $219.00 – $384.07
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $505.20 $115.35 – $715.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $505.20 $168.40 – $1,872.14
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,709.40 $230.35 – $384.07
UPMC Northwest Seneca $265.20 $211.37 – $251.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $505.20 $186.24 – $1,872.14
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,709.40 $208.67 – $437.36
UPMC Lititz Lititz $505.20 $186.24 – $1,872.14

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