Biopsy of prostate 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

$4,051.50

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.

$8,103.00

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 $5,888.38 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 ↓ -95%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -95%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -95%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -95%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -95%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -95%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3,364.79 ↓ -17%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3,364.79 ↓ -17%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $3,364.79 ↓ -17%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $3,465.73 ↓ -14%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $3,499.38 ↓ -14%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $3,533.03 ↓ -13%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $3,533.03 ↓ -13%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,533.03 ↓ -13%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,533.03 ↓ -13%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,533.03 ↓ -13%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $3,533.03 ↓ -13%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,566.68 ↓ -12%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,566.68 ↓ -12%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $3,566.68 ↓ -12%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,667.62 ↓ -9%
encova worker's compensation $5,047.19 ↑ +25%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $5,047.19 ↑ +25%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $5,047.19 ↑ +25%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $5,215.42 ↑ +29%
coventry health care worker's compensation $5,316.37 ↑ +31%
alliance coal alliance coal $5,888.38 ↑ +45%

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Biopsy of prostate at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $4,501.50 $205.80 – $14,374.28
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $4,051.50 $205.80 – $5,888.38
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $4,051.50 $205.80 – $5,936.93
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $4,051.50 $205.80 – $6,359.26
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $1,034.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $1,812.50 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $4,051.50 $205.80 – $6,306.44
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $4,051.50 $205.80 – $20,989.99

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