Drug admin & hemodynmic meas 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

$160.50

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.

$321.00

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.

$72.58 with highmark health options vs $145.50 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 $72.58 ↓ -55%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $72.58 ↓ -55%
wellpoint wv chip $72.58 ↓ -55%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $72.58 ↓ -55%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $73.61 ↓ -54%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $73.96 ↓ -54%
the health plan wv chip $73.96 ↓ -54%
aetna better health wv chip $73.96 ↓ -54%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $83.14 ↓ -48%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $83.14 ↓ -48%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $86.47 ↓ -46%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $87.30 ↓ -46%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $87.30 ↓ -46%
humana medicare advantage all plans $87.30 ↓ -46%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $87.30 ↓ -46%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $88.13 ↓ -45%
wv senior advantage isnp $88.13 ↓ -45%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $90.62 ↓ -44%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $124.71 ↓ -22%
encova worker's compensation $124.71 ↓ -22%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $128.87 ↓ -20%
coventry health care worker's compensation $131.36 ↓ -18%
alliance coal alliance coal $145.50 ↓ -9%

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Drug admin & hemodynmic meas at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $2,689.50 $54.04 – $352.22
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $426.00 $54.04 – $145.50
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $160.50 $72.58 – $145.50
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,192.00 $72.58 – $420.76
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $248.40 not published

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