Bronch thermoplsty 2/> lobes 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

$2,624.00

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.

$5,248.00

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.

$149.01 with highmark health options vs $12,732.02 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 $149.01 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $149.01 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $149.01 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $149.01 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $151.13 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $151.84 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $151.84 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $151.84 ↓ -94%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $7,275.44 ↑ +177%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $7,275.44 ↑ +177%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $7,566.46 ↑ +188%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $7,639.21 ↑ +191%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $7,639.21 ↑ +191%
humana medicare advantage all plans $7,639.21 ↑ +191%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $7,639.21 ↑ +191%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $7,711.97 ↑ +194%
wv senior advantage isnp $7,711.97 ↑ +194%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $7,930.23 ↑ +202%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $10,913.16 ↑ +316%
encova worker's compensation $10,913.16 ↑ +316%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $11,276.93 ↑ +330%
coventry health care worker's compensation $11,495.20 ↑ +338%
alliance coal alliance coal $12,732.02 ↑ +385%

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Bronch thermoplsty 2/> lobes at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $8,151.50 $149.01 – $28,779.14
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $7,166.00 $149.01 – $11,789.30
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $7,405.00 $149.01 – $11,886.47
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $7,166.00 $149.01 – $12,626.32
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $2,624.00 $149.01 – $11,789.30
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $7,336.50 $149.01 – $42,024.72
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $7,336.50 $149.01 – $34,093.97

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