Ghs fb removal - non-incisional 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

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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.

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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.

$100.00 with Unicare of West Virginia vs $1,928.96 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.

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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 $100.00
The Health Plan Medicare $438.40
Anthem Medicare Advantage $442.78
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $442.78
The Health Plan Medicaid $442.78
Humana Medicare $442.78
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $442.78
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $442.78
Aetna Medicare $482.24
United Healthcare Medicare $679.52
Highmark BCBS Commercial $1,652.77
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $1,731.68
UMR Commercial $1,731.68
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $1,731.68
The Health Plan HMO Commercial $1,841.28
Aetna POS Commercial $1,928.96
Aetna PPO Commercial $1,928.96

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Ghs fb removal - non-incisional at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $156.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $6,834.17 $62.50 – $6,734.93
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $2,673.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $5,476.00 $65.63 – $2,758.96
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $2,059.50 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $159.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $2,446.00 $105.00 – $2,979.57
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $159.00 not published

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