X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study 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

$304.50

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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.

$609.00

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.

$18.78 with highmark health options vs $396.12 with aetna — 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 $18.78 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $18.78 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $18.78 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $18.78 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $19.05 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $19.14 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $19.14 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $19.14 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $20.57 ↓ -93%
aetna better health pa chip $30.80 ↓ -90%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $33.60 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $35.00 ↓ -89%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $35.00 ↓ -89%
upmc for kids chip $35.00 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $35.00 ↓ -89%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $170.01 ↓ -44%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $170.01 ↓ -44%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -44%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $178.51 ↓ -41%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $178.51 ↓ -41%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $178.51 ↓ -41%
humana medicare advantage all plans $178.51 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $180.21 ↓ -41%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $180.21 ↓ -41%
wv senior advantage isnp $180.21 ↓ -41%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $180.21 ↓ -41%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $185.31 ↓ -39%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $187.44 ↓ -38%
the health plan wv peia $190.75 ↓ -37%
highmark pa chip $229.55 ↓ -25%
coventry health care worker's compensation $268.62 ↓ -12%
alliance coal alliance coal $297.52 ↓ -2%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $353.11 ↑ +16%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $353.11 ↑ +16%
aetna aetna $396.12 ↑ +30%

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X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $793.80 $28.00 – $1,058.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $640.80 $48.30 – $961.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $427.80 $36.68 – $606.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $385.80 $48.30 – $514.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $427.80 $36.68 – $606.05
UPMC East Monroeville $832.80 $50.60 – $1,110.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $442.20 $50.60 – $270.53
UPMC Northwest Seneca $610.80 $50.60 – $187.06

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