Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) 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

$529.00

Cash price

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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.

$1,058.00

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.

$105.00 with wellpoint west virginia vs $512.77 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
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -80%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↓ -80%
highmark health options chip $105.00 ↓ -80%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -80%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -80%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -80%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $293.01 ↓ -45%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $293.01 ↓ -45%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $293.01 ↓ -45%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $301.80 ↓ -43%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $304.73 ↓ -42%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $307.66 ↓ -42%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $307.66 ↓ -42%
humana medicare advantage all plans $307.66 ↓ -42%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $307.66 ↓ -42%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $307.66 ↓ -42%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $307.66 ↓ -42%
wv senior advantage isnp $310.59 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $310.59 ↓ -41%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $310.59 ↓ -41%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $319.38 ↓ -40%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $439.52 ↓ -17%
encova worker's compensation $439.52 ↓ -17%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $439.52 ↓ -17%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $454.17 ↓ -14%
coventry health care worker's compensation $462.96 ↓ -12%
alliance coal alliance coal $512.77 ↓ -3%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $527.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $4,056.67 $49.82 – $1,251.72
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $470.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,061.00 $52.31 – $512.77
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $413.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $959.00 $53.31 – $206.80
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $321.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $486.00 $105.00 – $553.75

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