Endo cath bile duct s&i 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

$714.50

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.

$1,429.00

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.

$16.99 with highmark health options vs $40.76 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 $16.99 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $16.99 ↓ -98%
wellpoint wv chip $16.99 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $16.99 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $17.23 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $17.31 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $17.31 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $17.31 ↓ -98%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $23.29 ↓ -97%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $23.29 ↓ -97%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $24.22 ↓ -97%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $24.45 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $24.45 ↓ -97%
humana medicare advantage all plans $24.45 ↓ -97%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $24.45 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $24.69 ↓ -97%
wv senior advantage isnp $24.69 ↓ -97%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $25.39 ↓ -96%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $34.94 ↓ -95%
encova worker's compensation $34.94 ↓ -95%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $36.10 ↓ -95%
coventry health care worker's compensation $36.80 ↓ -95%
alliance coal alliance coal $40.76 ↓ -94%

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Endo cath bile duct s&i at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $514.00 $15.14 – $98.67
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,485.50 $15.14 – $40.76
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $478.00 $16.99 – $40.76
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $714.50 $16.99 – $40.76
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $550.00 $16.99 – $135.65
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $572.50 $16.99 – $117.87
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $228.00 $16.99 – $118.53

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