Uric acid urine 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

$17.00

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.

$34.00

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.

$4.80 with highmark health options 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 chip $4.80 ↓ -72%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $4.80 ↓ -72%
wellpoint wv chip $4.80 ↓ -72%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $4.80 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $4.87 ↓ -71%
the health plan wv chip $4.89 ↓ -71%
aetna better health wv chip $4.89 ↓ -71%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $4.89 ↓ -71%
aetna better health pa chip $4.95 ↓ -71%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5.08 ↓ -70%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $5.08 ↓ -70%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $5.26 ↓ -69%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $5.33 ↓ -69%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $5.33 ↓ -69%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $5.33 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage all plans $5.33 ↓ -69%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $5.38 ↓ -68%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $5.38 ↓ -68%
wv senior advantage isnp $5.38 ↓ -68%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $5.38 ↓ -68%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $5.40 ↓ -68%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $5.54 ↓ -67%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $5.60 ↓ -67%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $5.63 ↓ -67%
upmc for kids chip $5.63 ↓ -67%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $5.63 ↓ -67%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $5.63 ↓ -67%
the health plan wv peia $5.70 ↓ -66%
alliance coal alliance coal $6.35 ↓ -63%
highmark pa chip $6.86 ↓ -60%
coventry health care worker's compensation $8.03 ↓ -53%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $10.55 ↓ -38%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $10.55 ↓ -38%
aetna aetna $11.84 ↓ -30%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +909%

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Uric acid urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $82.80 $4.50 – $110.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $28.20 $1.83 – $42.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $25.80 $4.50 – $36.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $24.00 $3.30 – $32.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $25.80 $4.50 – $19.55
UPMC East Monroeville $47.40 $2.22 – $63.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $118.20 $4.03 – $6.25
UPMC Northwest Seneca $36.00 $2.24 – $5.49

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