Candida skin test 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

$10.50

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.

$21.00

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.

$5.84 with highmark health options vs $47.12 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 $5.84 ↓ -44%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $5.84 ↓ -44%
wellpoint wv chip $5.84 ↓ -44%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $5.84 ↓ -44%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $5.92 ↓ -44%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $5.95 ↓ -43%
the health plan wv chip $5.95 ↓ -43%
aetna better health wv chip $5.95 ↓ -43%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $29.82 ↑ +184%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $29.82 ↑ +184%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $31.01 ↑ +195%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $31.31 ↑ +198%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $31.31 ↑ +198%
humana medicare advantage all plans $31.31 ↑ +198%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $31.31 ↑ +198%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $31.61 ↑ +201%
wv senior advantage isnp $31.61 ↑ +201%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $32.50 ↑ +210%
alliance coal alliance coal $37.28 ↑ +255%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $44.73 ↑ +326%
encova worker's compensation $44.73 ↑ +326%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $46.22 ↑ +340%
coventry health care worker's compensation $47.12 ↑ +349%

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Candida skin test at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $42.00 $2.63 – $43.99
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $39.50 $2.63 – $43.62
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $10.50 $5.84 – $43.62

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