Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands 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

$88.50

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.

$177.00

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.

$16.50 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 $16.50 ↓ -81%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $18.00 ↓ -80%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $18.75 ↓ -79%
upmc for kids chip $18.75 ↓ -79%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $18.75 ↓ -79%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $18.75 ↓ -79%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $24.00 ↓ -73%
highmark health options chip $25.88 ↓ -71%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $25.88 ↓ -71%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $25.88 ↓ -71%
wellpoint wv chip $25.88 ↓ -71%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $26.25 ↓ -70%
aetna better health wv chip $26.38 ↓ -70%
the health plan wv chip $26.38 ↓ -70%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $26.38 ↓ -70%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $27.39 ↓ -69%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $27.39 ↓ -69%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $28.76 ↓ -68%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $28.76 ↓ -68%
humana medicare advantage all plans $28.76 ↓ -68%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $28.76 ↓ -68%
wv senior advantage isnp $29.03 ↓ -67%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $29.03 ↓ -67%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $29.03 ↓ -67%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $29.03 ↓ -67%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $29.86 ↓ -66%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $30.20 ↓ -66%
the health plan wv peia $30.73 ↓ -65%
alliance coal alliance coal $34.24 ↓ -61%
highmark pa chip $36.98 ↓ -58%
coventry health care worker's compensation $43.28 ↓ -51%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $56.89 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $56.89 ↓ -36%
aetna aetna $63.82 ↓ -28%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +94%

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Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $184.20 $15.00 – $245.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $303.00 $9.88 – $454.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $138.60 $15.00 – $196.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $138.60 $15.00 – $196.35
UPMC East Monroeville $397.80 $15.00 – $530.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $165.00 $15.00 – $54.65
UPMC Northwest Seneca $138.00 $16.50 – $28.76
UPMC Hanover Hanover $138.60 $15.00 – $43.82

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