Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 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

$903.00

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.

$1,806.00

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.

$205.80 with wellpoint west virginia vs $1,047.88 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 $205.80 ↓ -77%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -77%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -77%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -77%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -77%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -77%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $598.79 ↓ -34%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $598.79 ↓ -34%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $598.79 ↓ -34%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $616.75 ↓ -32%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $622.74 ↓ -31%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $628.73 ↓ -30%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $628.73 ↓ -30%
humana medicare advantage all plans $628.73 ↓ -30%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $628.73 ↓ -30%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $628.73 ↓ -30%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $628.73 ↓ -30%
wv senior advantage isnp $634.72 ↓ -30%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $634.72 ↓ -30%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $634.72 ↓ -30%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $652.68 ↓ -28%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $898.18 ↓ -1%
encova worker's compensation $898.18 ↓ -1%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $898.18 ↓ -1%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $928.12 ↑ +3%
coventry health care worker's compensation $946.09 ↑ +5%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,047.88 ↑ +16%

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $614.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,333.00 $70.89 – $2,558.04
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $973.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,569.00 $74.43 – $1,047.88
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $764.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,124.00 $75.85 – $1,056.53
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $608.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $903.00 $205.80 – $1,131.69

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