App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm 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

$305.00

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.

$610.00

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.

$12.61 with highmark health options vs $26.44 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 $12.61 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $12.61 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $12.61 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $12.61 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $12.79 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $12.85 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $12.85 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $12.85 ↓ -96%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $15.11 ↓ -95%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $15.11 ↓ -95%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $15.71 ↓ -95%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $15.87 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $15.87 ↓ -95%
humana medicare advantage all plans $15.87 ↓ -95%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $15.87 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $16.02 ↓ -95%
wv senior advantage isnp $16.02 ↓ -95%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $16.47 ↓ -95%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $22.67 ↓ -93%
encova worker's compensation $22.67 ↓ -93%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $23.42 ↓ -92%
coventry health care worker's compensation $23.87 ↓ -92%
alliance coal alliance coal $26.44 ↓ -91%

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App high cost ss t/a/l <100sq cm addl <25sq cm at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $2,216.75 $9.82 – $64.01
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $28.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $585.50 $12.61 – $26.44
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $682.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $805.00 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $398.00 $12.61 – $26.44
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,719.00 $12.61 – $26.44
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $934.75 $12.61 – $88.01

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