Acup 1/> w/estim 1st 15 min at United Hospital Center

327 Medical Park Dr, Bridgeport, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1184606600

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 10, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$39.00

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.

$78.00

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.

$27.79 with highmark health options vs $52.19 with alliance coal — 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 $27.79 ↓ -29%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $27.79 ↓ -29%
wellpoint wv chip $27.79 ↓ -29%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $27.79 ↓ -29%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $28.19 ↓ -28%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $28.32 ↓ -27%
the health plan wv chip $28.32 ↓ -27%
aetna better health wv chip $28.32 ↓ -27%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $29.82 ↓ -24%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $29.82 ↓ -24%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $31.01 ↓ -20%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $31.31 ↓ -20%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $31.31 ↓ -20%
humana medicare advantage all plans $31.31 ↓ -20%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $31.31 ↓ -20%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $31.61 ↓ -19%
wv senior advantage isnp $31.61 ↓ -19%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $32.50 ↓ -17%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $44.73 ↑ +15%
encova worker's compensation $44.73 ↑ +15%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $46.22 ↑ +19%
coventry health care worker's compensation $47.12 ↑ +21%
alliance coal alliance coal $52.19 ↑ +34%

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Acup 1/> w/estim 1st 15 min at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $44.00 $18.10 – $117.94
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $42.50 $17.95 – $48.32
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $38.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $39.00 $27.79 – $48.70
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $41.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $40.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $35.50 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $37.50 $27.79 – $51.75

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