Assay of urine sulfate 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

$11.00

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.

$22.00

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.

$5.19 with wellpoint west virginia vs $8.67 with coventry health care — 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 $5.19 ↓ -53%
wellpoint wv chip $5.19 ↓ -53%
highmark health options chip $5.19 ↓ -53%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $5.19 ↓ -53%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $5.26 ↓ -52%
aetna better health wv chip $5.29 ↓ -52%
the health plan wv chip $5.29 ↓ -52%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $5.29 ↓ -52%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $5.49 ↓ -50%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $5.49 ↓ -50%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5.49 ↓ -50%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $5.65 ↓ -49%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $5.71 ↓ -48%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $5.76 ↓ -48%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $5.76 ↓ -48%
humana medicare advantage all plans $5.76 ↓ -48%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $5.76 ↓ -48%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $5.76 ↓ -48%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $5.76 ↓ -48%
wv senior advantage isnp $5.82 ↓ -47%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $5.82 ↓ -47%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $5.82 ↓ -47%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $5.98 ↓ -46%
alliance coal alliance coal $6.86 ↓ -38%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $8.24 ↓ -25%
encova worker's compensation $8.24 ↓ -25%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $8.24 ↓ -25%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $8.51 ↓ -23%
coventry health care worker's compensation $8.67 ↓ -21%

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Assay of urine sulfate at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $11.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $18.50 $3.57 – $23.26
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $17.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $40.00 $3.57 – $8.67
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $11.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $102.50 $5.19 – $8.67
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $11.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $11.00 $5.19 – $8.67

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