Capsaicin 8% patch at Summers County ARH Hospital
115 Summers Hospital Road, Hinton, WV · Arh · · NPI 1689664179
$14,219.40
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.
$23,699.00
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.
$3.42 with Unicare of West Virginia vs $20,855.12 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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| Unicare of West Virginia | Medicaid | $3.42 | ↓ -100% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare | $4,739.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $4,787.20 | ↓ -66% |
| Optum CCN Region 1 | Veterans Affairs Plan | $4,787.20 | ↓ -66% |
| The Health Plan | Medicaid | $4,787.20 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Medicare | $4,787.20 | ↓ -66% |
| Optum CCN Region 2 | Veterans Affairs Plan | $4,787.20 | ↓ -66% |
| WellCare of Kentucky | Medicare | $4,787.20 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $5,213.78 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $7,346.69 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS | Commercial | $17,869.05 | ↑ +26% |
| United Healthcare HMO | Commercial | $18,722.21 | ↑ +32% |
| UMR | Commercial | $18,722.21 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare PPO | Commercial | $18,722.21 | ↑ +32% |
| The Health Plan HMO | Commercial | $19,907.16 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna POS | Commercial | $20,855.12 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna PPO | Commercial | $20,855.12 | ↑ +47% |
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Capsaicin 8% patch at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $8,960.00 | $2.28 – $14.87 |
| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $8,079.03 | $3.51 – $6.14 |
| Jackson General Hospital | Ripley | $2,693.01 | $5.40 – $5.40 |
| Wetzel County Hospital | New Martinsville | $8,079.03 | $3.51 – $6.14 |
| Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | $8,175.96 | $3.51 – $6.14 |
| Princeton Community Hospital | Princeton | $8,175.96 | $3.51 – $20.44 |