Uric acid blood 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

$12.00

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.

$24.00

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.

$4.27 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 $4.27 ↓ -64%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $4.27 ↓ -64%
wellpoint wv chip $4.27 ↓ -64%
highmark health options chip $4.27 ↓ -64%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $4.33 ↓ -64%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $4.35 ↓ -64%
aetna better health wv chip $4.35 ↓ -64%
the health plan wv chip $4.35 ↓ -64%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $4.52 ↓ -62%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $4.52 ↓ -62%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $4.68 ↓ -61%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $4.75 ↓ -60%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $4.75 ↓ -60%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $4.75 ↓ -60%
humana medicare advantage all plans $4.75 ↓ -60%
wv senior advantage isnp $4.79 ↓ -60%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $4.79 ↓ -60%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $4.79 ↓ -60%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $4.79 ↓ -60%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $4.93 ↓ -59%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $4.98 ↓ -59%
the health plan wv peia $5.07 ↓ -58%
alliance coal alliance coal $5.65 ↓ -53%
highmark pa chip $6.10 ↓ -49%
aetna better health pa chip $6.86 ↓ -43%
coventry health care worker's compensation $7.14 ↓ -41%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $7.49 ↓ -38%
upmc for kids chip $7.80 ↓ -35%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $7.80 ↓ -35%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $7.80 ↓ -35%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $7.80 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $9.39 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $9.39 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna $10.53 ↓ -12%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +1330%

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Uric acid blood at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $73.80 $4.47 – $98.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $33.00 $1.63 – $49.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $23.40 $4.47 – $33.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $35.40 $2.94 – $47.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $23.40 $4.47 – $33.38
UPMC East Monroeville $67.20 $4.47 – $89.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $155.40 $4.47 – $8.74
UPMC Northwest Seneca $36.00 $4.10 – $7.18

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