Ear irrigation 69209 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

$110.50

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.

$221.00

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.

$60.81 with peak health medicare advantage vs $209.72 with aetna better health wv — 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
peak health medicare advantage all plans $60.81 ↓ -45%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $60.81 ↓ -45%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $63.24 ↓ -43%
humana medicare advantage all plans $63.85 ↓ -42%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $63.85 ↓ -42%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $63.85 ↓ -42%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $63.85 ↓ -42%
wv senior advantage isnp $64.46 ↓ -42%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $64.46 ↓ -42%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $66.28 ↓ -40%
encova worker's compensation $91.22 ↓ -17%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $91.22 ↓ -17%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $94.26 ↓ -15%
coventry health care worker's compensation $96.08 ↓ -13%
alliance coal alliance coal $106.42 ↓ -4%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↑ +86%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↑ +86%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↑ +86%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↑ +86%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↑ +89%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↑ +90%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↑ +90%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↑ +90%

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Ear irrigation 69209 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $108.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $174.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $336.50 $10.08 – $209.72
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $163.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $223.00 $10.27 – $209.72
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $114.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $129.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $100.00 not published

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