Calcium ionized 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

$98.50

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.

$197.00

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.

$12.93 with highmark health options vs $21.61 with coventry health care — 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 $12.93 ↓ -87%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $12.93 ↓ -87%
wellpoint wv chip $12.93 ↓ -87%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $12.93 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $13.11 ↓ -87%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $13.17 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv chip $13.17 ↓ -87%
aetna better health wv chip $13.17 ↓ -87%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $13.68 ↓ -86%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $13.68 ↓ -86%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $14.23 ↓ -86%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $14.36 ↓ -85%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $14.36 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage all plans $14.36 ↓ -85%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $14.36 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $14.50 ↓ -85%
wv senior advantage isnp $14.50 ↓ -85%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $14.91 ↓ -85%
alliance coal alliance coal $17.10 ↓ -83%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $20.52 ↓ -79%
encova worker's compensation $20.52 ↓ -79%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $21.20 ↓ -78%
coventry health care worker's compensation $21.61 ↓ -78%

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Calcium ionized at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $35.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $55.50 $8.85 – $57.96
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $56.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $35.50 $8.89 – $21.61
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $76.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $48.00 $9.47 – $21.61
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $178.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $71.50 not published

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