Curette/treat cornea 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

$2,733.00

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.

$5,466.00

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.

$205.80 with highmark health options vs $4,289.11 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 $205.80 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -92%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $2,450.92 ↓ -10%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $2,450.92 ↓ -10%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $2,548.96 ↓ -7%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $2,573.47 ↓ -6%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $2,573.47 ↓ -6%
humana medicare advantage all plans $2,573.47 ↓ -6%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $2,573.47 ↓ -6%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $2,597.98 ↓ -5%
wv senior advantage isnp $2,597.98 ↓ -5%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $2,671.50 ↓ -2%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $3,676.38 ↑ +35%
encova worker's compensation $3,676.38 ↑ +35%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $3,798.93 ↑ +39%
coventry health care worker's compensation $3,872.45 ↑ +42%
alliance coal alliance coal $4,289.11 ↑ +57%

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Curette/treat cornea at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $348.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $3,693.00 $136.50 – $6,064.37
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $556.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $3,996.50 $136.50 – $3,971.52
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $370.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $348.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $370.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $348.00 not published

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