Inj proc myelogram lumbar 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

$771.50

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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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$1,543.00

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.

$71.97 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 $71.97 ↓ -91%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $71.97 ↓ -91%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $74.85 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage all plans $75.57 ↓ -90%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $75.57 ↓ -90%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $75.57 ↓ -90%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $75.57 ↓ -90%
wv senior advantage isnp $76.29 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $76.29 ↓ -90%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $78.45 ↓ -90%
encova worker's compensation $107.95 ↓ -86%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $107.95 ↓ -86%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $111.55 ↓ -86%
coventry health care worker's compensation $113.71 ↓ -85%
alliance coal alliance coal $125.95 ↓ -84%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -73%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -73%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -73%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -73%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -73%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -73%

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Inj proc myelogram lumbar at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,182.50 $46.78 – $304.90
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $854.00 $46.78 – $209.72
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,719.00 $71.97 – $209.72
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $4,751.00 $71.97 – $209.72
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $740.50 $71.97 – $419.20
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $234.50 $71.97 – $364.23
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $676.50 $71.97 – $366.28

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