Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$56.00

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.

$112.00

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.

$22.52 with highmark health options vs $277.51 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 $22.52 ↓ -60%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $22.52 ↓ -60%
wellpoint wv chip $22.52 ↓ -60%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $22.52 ↓ -60%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $22.84 ↓ -59%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $22.95 ↓ -59%
the health plan wv chip $22.95 ↓ -59%
aetna better health wv chip $22.95 ↓ -59%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $175.64 ↑ +214%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $175.64 ↑ +214%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $182.67 ↑ +226%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $184.42 ↑ +229%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $184.42 ↑ +229%
humana medicare advantage all plans $184.42 ↑ +229%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $184.42 ↑ +229%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $186.18 ↑ +232%
wv senior advantage isnp $186.18 ↑ +232%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $191.45 ↑ +242%
alliance coal alliance coal $219.55 ↑ +292%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $263.46 ↑ +370%
encova worker's compensation $263.46 ↑ +370%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $272.24 ↑ +386%
coventry health care worker's compensation $277.51 ↑ +396%

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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $140.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $146.00 $21.00 – $694.74
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $287.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $126.00 $22.05 – $256.96
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $203.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $373.50 $22.47 – $259.07
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $87.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $143.95 not published

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