Assay of urine sulfate at Garrett Regional Medical Center

251 N 4th St, Oakland, MD · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1598417412

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

$94.50

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.

$9.88 with caresource wv vs $10.98 with united mine workers of america — 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
caresource wv all plans $9.88
senior advantage isnp $10.13
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $10.13
provider partners all plans $10.13
the health plan medicare advantage all plans $10.13
united mine workers of america retirees $10.13
upmc for you medicare advantage all plans $10.13
vibra health plan medicare advantage all plans $10.13
aetna medicare advantage all plans $10.13
carefirst d-snp all plans $10.13
carefirst ppo all plans $10.13
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $10.13
highmark wholecare medicare advantage all plans $10.13
humana military tricare $10.13
humana medicare advantage all plans $10.13
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plans $10.13
highmark health options wv chip $10.35
aetna better health wv chip $10.35
carefirst community health plan medicaid $10.35
highmark health options wv managed medicaid $10.35
wellpoint wv chip $10.35
aetna better health maryland medicaid $10.35
amerigroup medicaid $10.35
the health plan of wv chip $10.35
the health plan of wv managed medicaid $10.35
uhc community health plan md managed medicaid $10.35
wellpoint wv managed medicaid $10.35
aetna better health wv managed medicaid $10.35
coventry workers comp $10.35
maryland physicians care managed medicaid $10.35
multiplan all plans $10.43
upmc commercial all plans $10.87
john hopkins healthcare all plans $10.98
cigna all plans $10.98
cigna rental $10.98
alliance coal all plans $10.98
united healthcare all plans $10.98
american correctional healthcare government $10.98
carefirst commercial all plans $10.98
first health all plans $10.98
aetna all plans $10.98
peak commercial all plans $10.98
stratose/ 4 most all plans $10.98
the health plan peia $10.98
the health plan commercial all plans $10.98
united mine workers of america active employees $10.98

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