Hepatobiliary system imaging 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.

$221.40 with The Health Plan vs $974.16 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
The Health Plan Medicare $221.40
Humana Medicare $223.61
The Health Plan Medicaid $223.61
Anthem Medicare Advantage $223.61
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $223.61
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $223.61
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $223.61
Aetna Medicare $243.54
United Healthcare Medicare $343.17
Highmark BCBS Commercial $834.68
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $874.53
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $874.53
UMR Commercial $874.53
The Health Plan HMO Commercial $929.88
Aetna POS Commercial $974.16
Aetna PPO Commercial $974.16

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Hepatobiliary system imaging at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $851.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,558.00 $26.00 – $1,630.21
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $681.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $182.50 $26.00 – $667.80
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $681.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $884.50 $26.00 – $673.31
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $383.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,047.00 $26.00 – $721.21

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