(both sides) smear without diff wbc count 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.

$11.25

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.

$6.88 with caresource wv vs $7.64 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 $6.88
senior advantage isnp $7.05
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $7.05
provider partners all plans $7.05
the health plan medicare advantage all plans $7.05
united mine workers of america retirees $7.05
upmc for you medicare advantage all plans $7.05
vibra health plan medicare advantage all plans $7.05
aetna medicare advantage all plans $7.05
carefirst d-snp all plans $7.05
carefirst ppo all plans $7.05
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $7.05
highmark wholecare medicare advantage all plans $7.05
humana military tricare $7.05
humana medicare advantage all plans $7.05
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plans $7.05
highmark health options wv chip $7.20
aetna better health wv chip $7.20
carefirst community health plan medicaid $7.20
highmark health options wv managed medicaid $7.20
wellpoint wv chip $7.20
aetna better health maryland medicaid $7.20
amerigroup medicaid $7.20
the health plan of wv chip $7.20
the health plan of wv managed medicaid $7.20
uhc community health plan md managed medicaid $7.20
wellpoint wv managed medicaid $7.20
aetna better health wv managed medicaid $7.20
coventry workers comp $7.20
maryland physicians care managed medicaid $7.20
multiplan all plans $7.26
upmc commercial all plans $7.56
john hopkins healthcare all plans $7.64
cigna all plans $7.64
cigna rental $7.64
alliance coal all plans $7.64
united healthcare all plans $7.64
american correctional healthcare government $7.64
carefirst commercial all plans $7.64
first health all plans $7.64
aetna all plans $7.64
peak commercial all plans $7.64
stratose/ 4 most all plans $7.64
the health plan peia $7.64
the health plan commercial all plans $7.64
united mine workers of america active employees $7.64

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(both sides) smear without diff wbc count at other Maryland hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Western Maryland Cumberland $7.80 $13.00 – $13.00

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