Arthro, loose body + chondro 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

$1,467.00

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.

$2,934.00

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.

$75.02 with molina oh medicare advantage vs $131.28 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
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $75.02 ↓ -95%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $75.02 ↓ -95%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $75.02 ↓ -95%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $77.27 ↓ -95%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $78.02 ↓ -95%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $78.77 ↓ -95%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $78.77 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $78.77 ↓ -95%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $78.77 ↓ -95%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $78.77 ↓ -95%
humana medicare advantage all plans $78.77 ↓ -95%
wv senior advantage isnp $79.52 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $79.52 ↓ -95%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $79.52 ↓ -95%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $81.77 ↓ -94%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $112.53 ↓ -92%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $112.53 ↓ -92%
encova worker's compensation $112.53 ↓ -92%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $116.28 ↓ -92%
coventry health care worker's compensation $118.53 ↓ -92%
alliance coal alliance coal $131.28 ↓ -91%

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Arthro, loose body + chondro at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,845.83 $48.76 – $317.82
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $137.60 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $90.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $86.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $95.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $86.00 not published
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $86.00 not published

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