Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) 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

$66.00

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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.

$132.00

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.

$11.00 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 $11.00 ↓ -83%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $12.00 ↓ -82%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $12.50 ↓ -81%
upmc for kids chip $12.50 ↓ -81%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $12.50 ↓ -81%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $12.50 ↓ -81%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $13.97 ↓ -79%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $13.97 ↓ -79%
wellpoint wv chip $13.97 ↓ -79%
highmark health options chip $13.97 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $14.16 ↓ -79%
aetna better health wv chip $14.23 ↓ -78%
the health plan wv chip $14.23 ↓ -78%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $14.23 ↓ -78%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $14.78 ↓ -78%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $14.78 ↓ -78%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $15.30 ↓ -77%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $15.52 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage all plans $15.52 ↓ -76%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $15.52 ↓ -76%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $15.52 ↓ -76%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $15.67 ↓ -76%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $15.67 ↓ -76%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $15.67 ↓ -76%
wv senior advantage isnp $15.67 ↓ -76%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $16.11 ↓ -76%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $16.29 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv peia $16.58 ↓ -75%
alliance coal alliance coal $18.48 ↓ -72%
highmark pa chip $19.96 ↓ -70%
coventry health care worker's compensation $23.35 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $30.70 ↓ -53%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $30.70 ↓ -53%
aetna aetna $34.44 ↓ -48%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +160%

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Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $208.20 $10.00 – $277.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $63.60 $5.33 – $95.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $75.00 $10.00 – $106.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $103.80 $9.61 – $138.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $75.00 $10.00 – $106.25
UPMC East Monroeville $175.80 $10.00 – $234.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $152.40 $10.00 – $28.59
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.60 $11.00 – $15.96

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