Bone marrow interpretation 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

$178.00

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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.

$356.00

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.

$830.56 with united mine workers of america medicare advantage vs $1,453.48 with alliance coal — same scan, same building. Share

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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
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $830.56 ↑ +367%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $830.56 ↑ +367%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $863.78 ↑ +385%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $872.09 ↑ +390%
humana medicare advantage all plans $872.09 ↑ +390%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $872.09 ↑ +390%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $872.09 ↑ +390%
wv senior advantage isnp $880.39 ↑ +395%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $880.39 ↑ +395%
encova worker's compensation $1,245.84 ↑ +600%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,245.84 ↑ +600%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,287.37 ↑ +623%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,312.28 ↑ +637%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,453.48 ↑ +717%

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Bone marrow interpretation at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $44.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $71.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $41.00 $20.16 – $1,215.11
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $48.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $44.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $48.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $44.50 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $178.00 $769.06 – $1,345.86

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