Pm phone r-strip device eval 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.

$84.20 with The Health Plan vs $370.48 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 $84.20
Humana Medicare $85.04
The Health Plan Medicaid $85.04
Anthem Medicare Advantage $85.04
Optum CCN Region 1 Veterans Affairs Plan $85.04
Optum CCN Region 2 Veterans Affairs Plan $85.04
WellCare of Kentucky Medicare $85.04
Aetna Medicare $92.62
United Healthcare Medicare $130.51
Highmark BCBS Commercial $317.43
United Healthcare HMO Commercial $332.59
United Healthcare PPO Commercial $332.59
UMR Commercial $332.59
The Health Plan HMO Commercial $353.64
Aetna POS Commercial $370.48
Aetna PPO Commercial $370.48

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Pm phone r-strip device eval at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $124.00 $10.29 – $95.19
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $55.80 $32.16 – $160.75

All West-virginia hospitals for this procedure →