Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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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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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$5,745.47

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.

$858.24 with caresource wv vs $953.60 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 $858.24
senior advantage isnp $880.17
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $880.17
provider partners all plans $880.17
the health plan medicare advantage all plans $880.17
united mine workers of america retirees $880.17
upmc for you medicare advantage all plans $880.17
vibra health plan medicare advantage all plans $880.17
aetna medicare advantage all plans $880.17
carefirst d-snp all plans $880.17
carefirst ppo all plans $880.17
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $880.17
highmark wholecare medicare advantage all plans $880.17
humana military tricare $880.17
humana medicare advantage all plans $880.17
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plans $880.17
highmark health options wv chip $899.24
aetna better health wv chip $899.24
carefirst community health plan medicaid $899.24
highmark health options wv managed medicaid $899.24
wellpoint wv chip $899.24
aetna better health maryland medicaid $899.24
amerigroup medicaid $899.24
the health plan of wv chip $899.24
the health plan of wv managed medicaid $899.24
uhc community health plan md managed medicaid $899.24
wellpoint wv managed medicaid $899.24
aetna better health wv managed medicaid $899.24
coventry workers comp $899.24
maryland physicians care managed medicaid $899.24
multiplan all plans $905.92
upmc commercial all plans $944.06
john hopkins healthcare all plans $953.60
cigna all plans $953.60
cigna rental $953.60
alliance coal all plans $953.60
united healthcare all plans $953.60
american correctional healthcare government $953.60
carefirst commercial all plans $953.60
first health all plans $953.60
aetna all plans $953.60
peak commercial all plans $953.60
stratose/ 4 most all plans $953.60
the health plan peia $953.60
the health plan commercial all plans $953.60
united mine workers of america active employees $953.60

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Maryland hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Western Maryland Cumberland $2,336.40 $77.00 – $77.00

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