Change cystostomy tube simple 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

$310.50

Cash price

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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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$621.00

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.

$105.00 with highmark health options vs $450.73 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

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 $105.00 ↓ -66%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -66%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↓ -66%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -66%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -66%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -66%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -66%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -66%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $257.56 ↓ -17%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $257.56 ↓ -17%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $267.86 ↓ -14%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $270.44 ↓ -13%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $270.44 ↓ -13%
humana medicare advantage all plans $270.44 ↓ -13%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $270.44 ↓ -13%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $273.01 ↓ -12%
wv senior advantage isnp $273.01 ↓ -12%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $280.74 ↓ -10%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $386.34 ↑ +24%
encova worker's compensation $386.34 ↑ +24%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $399.22 ↑ +29%
coventry health care worker's compensation $406.94 ↑ +31%
alliance coal alliance coal $450.73 ↑ +45%

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Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $183.00 not published
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