Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination 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

$136.50

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.

$273.00

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.

$53.73 with united mine workers of america medicare advantage vs $84.89 with coventry health care — 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
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $53.73 ↓ -61%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $53.73 ↓ -61%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $55.88 ↓ -59%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $56.42 ↓ -59%
humana medicare advantage all plans $56.42 ↓ -59%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $56.42 ↓ -59%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $56.42 ↓ -59%
wv senior advantage isnp $56.95 ↓ -58%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $56.95 ↓ -58%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $58.57 ↓ -57%
alliance coal alliance coal $67.16 ↓ -51%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $80.59 ↓ -41%
encova worker's compensation $80.59 ↓ -41%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $83.28 ↓ -39%
coventry health care worker's compensation $84.89 ↓ -38%

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Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $115.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $164.00 $6.50 – $212.50
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $116.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $61.00 $6.83 – $78.60
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $65.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $121.00 $6.96 – $79.24
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $72.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $91.00 not published

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