Smear wet mount 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

$57.50

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.

$115.00

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.

$3.78 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $9.20 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
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $3.78 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $5.50 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $5.50 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $5.58 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv chip $5.61 ↓ -90%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $5.61 ↓ -90%
peak health medicare advantage – all plans peak health medicare advantage – all plans $5.82 ↓ -90%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5.82 ↓ -90%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $5.82 ↓ -90%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $5.99 ↓ -90%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $5.99 ↓ -90%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $6.05 ↓ -89%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $6.11 ↓ -89%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $6.11 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage all plans $6.11 ↓ -89%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $6.11 ↓ -89%
wellpoint wv chip $6.11 ↓ -89%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $6.11 ↓ -89%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $6.11 ↓ -89%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $6.11 ↓ -89%
highmark health options chip $6.11 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $6.17 ↓ -89%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $6.17 ↓ -89%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $6.17 ↓ -89%
wv senior advantage isnp $6.17 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv chip $6.23 ↓ -89%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $6.34 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $6.40 ↓ -89%
aetna better health pa chip $6.40 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $6.40 ↓ -89%
alliance coal alliance coal $7.28 ↓ -87%
encova worker's compensation $8.73 ↓ -85%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $8.73 ↓ -85%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $8.73 ↓ -85%
coventry health care worker's compensation $9.20 ↓ -84%

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