Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at Summers County ARH Hospital
115 Summers Hospital Road, Hinton, WV · Arh · · NPI 1689664179
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$828.40 with The Health Plan vs $3,644.96 with Aetna PPO — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| The Health Plan | Medicare | $828.40 | — |
| Humana | Medicare | $836.68 | — |
| The Health Plan | Medicaid | $836.68 | — |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $836.68 | — |
| Optum CCN Region 1 | Veterans Affairs Plan | $836.68 | — |
| Optum CCN Region 2 | Veterans Affairs Plan | $836.68 | — |
| WellCare of Kentucky | Medicare | $836.68 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare | $911.24 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $1,284.02 | — |
| Highmark BCBS | Commercial | $3,123.07 | — |
| United Healthcare HMO | Commercial | $3,272.18 | — |
| United Healthcare PPO | Commercial | $3,272.18 | — |
| UMR | Commercial | $3,272.18 | — |
| The Health Plan HMO | Commercial | $3,479.28 | — |
| Aetna POS | Commercial | $3,644.96 | — |
| Aetna PPO | Commercial | $3,644.96 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jefferson Medical Center | Ranson | $1,205.50 | not published |
| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $1,476.50 | $42.21 – $973.00 |
| Grant Memorial Hospital | Petersburg | $969.60 | not published |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital | Glen Dale | $1,560.50 | $42.21 – $398.58 |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center | Summersville | $1,040.50 | not published |
| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $1,264.50 | $42.21 – $401.87 |
| Braxton County Memorial Hospital | Gassaway | $670.50 | not published |
| United Hospital Center | Bridgeport | $1,467.50 | $42.21 – $430.46 |