Prenatal Care Only (7+ visits) 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

$9.50

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.

$19.00

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.

$629.23 with highmark health options vs $1,336.77 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 $629.23 ↑ +6523%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $629.23 ↑ +6523%
wellpoint wv chip $629.23 ↑ +6523%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $629.23 ↑ +6523%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $638.22 ↑ +6618%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $641.22 ↑ +6650%
the health plan wv chip $641.22 ↑ +6650%
aetna better health wv chip $641.22 ↑ +6650%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $763.87 ↑ +7941%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $763.87 ↑ +7941%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $794.42 ↑ +8262%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $802.06 ↑ +8343%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $802.06 ↑ +8343%
humana medicare advantage all plans $802.06 ↑ +8343%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $802.06 ↑ +8343%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $809.70 ↑ +8423%
wv senior advantage isnp $809.70 ↑ +8423%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $832.62 ↑ +8664%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,145.80 ↑ +11961%
encova worker's compensation $1,145.80 ↑ +11961%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,184.00 ↑ +12363%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,206.91 ↑ +12604%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,336.77 ↑ +13971%

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Prenatal Care Only (7+ visits) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $2,046.50 $496.52 – $2,024.26
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,399.20 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $869.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $419.50 $629.23 – $1,336.77
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $874.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $869.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $874.50 not published
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $874.50 not published

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