Folic acid at Summers County ARH Hospital

115 Summers Hospital Road, Hinton, WV · Arh · · NPI 1689664179

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$273.00

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.

$455.00

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.

$13.23 with Unicare of West Virginia vs $400.40 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.

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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
Unicare of West Virginia Medicaid $13.23 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare $91.00 ↓ -67%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $91.91 ↓ -66%
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $91.91 ↓ -66%
The Health Plan Medicaid $91.91 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare $91.91 ↓ -66%
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $91.91 ↓ -66%
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $91.91 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $100.10 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare $141.05 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS Commercial $343.07 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $359.45 ↑ +32%
UMR Commercial $359.45 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $359.45 ↑ +32%
The Health Plan HMO Commercial $382.20 ↑ +40%
Aetna POS Commercial $400.40 ↑ +47%
Aetna PPO Commercial $400.40 ↑ +47%

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Folic acid at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $90.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $119.00 $9.56 – $62.28
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $12.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $34.50 $9.56 – $23.23
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $48.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $100.50 $12.84 – $23.23
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $51.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $101.50 $13.89 – $23.23

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