Very long chain fatty acids 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

$137.50

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.

$275.00

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.

$18.67 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 $18.67 ↓ -86%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $18.67 ↓ -86%
wellpoint wv chip $18.67 ↓ -86%
highmark health options chip $18.67 ↓ -86%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $18.94 ↓ -86%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $19.02 ↓ -86%
aetna better health wv chip $19.02 ↓ -86%
the health plan wv chip $19.02 ↓ -86%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $19.75 ↓ -86%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $19.75 ↓ -86%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $20.45 ↓ -85%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $20.74 ↓ -85%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $20.74 ↓ -85%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $20.74 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage all plans $20.74 ↓ -85%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $20.94 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $20.94 ↓ -85%
wv senior advantage isnp $20.94 ↓ -85%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $20.94 ↓ -85%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $21.53 ↓ -84%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $21.77 ↓ -84%
aetna better health pa chip $21.97 ↓ -84%
the health plan wv peia $22.16 ↓ -84%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $23.96 ↓ -83%
alliance coal alliance coal $24.69 ↓ -82%
upmc for kids chip $24.96 ↓ -82%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $24.96 ↓ -82%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $24.96 ↓ -82%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $24.96 ↓ -82%
highmark pa chip $26.67 ↓ -81%
coventry health care worker's compensation $31.20 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $41.02 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $41.02 ↓ -70%
aetna aetna $46.02 ↓ -67%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +25%

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Very long chain fatty acids at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $238.20 $19.52 – $302.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $345.00 $7.13 – $517.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $42.00 $9.59 – $59.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $42.00 $14.00 – $131.71
UPMC East Monroeville $261.60 $19.52 – $348.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $432.00 $19.52 – $47.94
UPMC Northwest Seneca $315.00 $17.91 – $22.97
UPMC Hanover Hanover $42.00 $19.55 – $31.60

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