Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at Beckley ARH Hospital

306 Standord Road, Beckley, WV · Arh · · NPI 1568461440

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$687.00

Cash price

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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.

$1,145.00

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.

$17.27 with Humana vs $178.64 with Aetna PPO — 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
Humana Medicare $17.27 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.27 ↓ -97%
The Health Plan Medicare $17.27 ↓ -97%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $17.27 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $17.27 ↓ -97%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $17.27 ↓ -97%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $17.27 ↓ -97%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $17.27 ↓ -97%
Highmark ACA $86.34 ↓ -87%
Highmark Indemnity and Managed Care $108.32 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $160.37 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $160.37 ↓ -77%
UMR Commercial $160.37 ↓ -77%
The Health Plan HMO Commercial $170.52 ↓ -75%
Aetna POS Commercial $178.64 ↓ -74%
Aetna PPO Commercial $178.64 ↓ -74%

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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $95.00 $11.23 – $73.16
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $164.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $95.44 $11.23 – $27.29
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $95.44 $17.27 – $27.29
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $95.00 $17.27 – $27.29
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $95.00 $17.27 – $27.29
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $110.00 $17.27 – $27.29
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $95.00 $17.27 – $100.59

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