Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at Reynolds Memorial Hospital

800 Wheeling Ave, Glen Dale, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1144228305

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$365.50

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$731.00

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.

$24.96 with wellpoint west virginia vs $293.00 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
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $24.96 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $24.96 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $25.32 ↓ -93%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $25.43 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $25.43 ↓ -93%
highmark health options chip $58.81 ↓ -84%
wellpoint wv chip $58.81 ↓ -84%
the health plan wv chip $59.93 ↓ -84%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $61.61 ↓ -83%
aetna better health pa chip $61.61 ↓ -83%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $61.61 ↓ -83%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $108.83 ↓ -70%
peak health medicare advantage – all plans peak health medicare advantage – all plans $167.43 ↓ -54%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $167.43 ↓ -54%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $167.43 ↓ -54%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $172.45 ↓ -53%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $172.45 ↓ -53%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $174.13 ↓ -52%
humana medicare advantage all plans $175.80 ↓ -52%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $175.80 ↓ -52%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $175.80 ↓ -52%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $175.80 ↓ -52%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $175.80 ↓ -52%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $175.80 ↓ -52%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $175.80 ↓ -52%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $177.48 ↓ -51%
wv senior advantage isnp $177.48 ↓ -51%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $177.48 ↓ -51%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $177.48 ↓ -51%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $182.50 ↓ -50%
encova worker's compensation $251.15 ↓ -31%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $251.15 ↓ -31%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $251.15 ↓ -31%
coventry health care worker's compensation $264.54 ↓ -28%
alliance coal alliance coal $293.00 ↓ -20%

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Chg radiologic exam esophagus double contrast at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $349.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $423.50 $24.96 – $715.25
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $416.80 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $229.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $399.00 $24.96 – $295.42
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $354.00 $24.96 – $316.44
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $320.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $289.00 not published

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