Air injection into abdomen 49400 at Camden Clark Medical Center

800 Garfield Ave, Parkersburg, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1699704254

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$88.00

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.

$176.00

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.

$80.16 with peak health medicare advantage vs $140.28 with alliance coal — 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
peak health medicare advantage all plans $80.16 ↓ -9%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $80.16 ↓ -9%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $80.16 ↓ -9%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $82.56 ↓ -6%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $83.37 ↓ -5%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $84.17 ↓ -4%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $84.17 ↓ -4%
humana medicare advantage all plans $84.17 ↓ -4%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $84.17 ↓ -4%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $84.17 ↓ -4%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $84.17 ↓ -4%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $84.97 ↓ -3%
wv senior advantage isnp $84.97 ↓ -3%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $84.97 ↓ -3%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $87.37 ↓ -1%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↑ +19%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↑ +19%
highmark health options chip $105.00 ↑ +19%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↑ +19%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↑ +21%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↑ +22%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $107.00 ↑ +22%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↑ +22%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $120.24 ↑ +37%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $120.24 ↑ +37%
encova worker's compensation $120.24 ↑ +37%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $124.25 ↑ +41%
coventry health care worker's compensation $126.65 ↑ +44%
alliance coal alliance coal $140.28 ↑ +59%

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Air injection into abdomen 49400 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $91.50 $50.40 – $212.42
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $79.50 $50.40 – $140.28
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $82.00 $51.36 – $140.28
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $68.50 $80.16 – $140.28

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