Biopsy/removal lymph nodes 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

$7,628.75

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.

$15,257.50

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 $6,540.64 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 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -97%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -97%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3,737.51 ↓ -51%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $3,737.51 ↓ -51%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3,737.51 ↓ -51%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $3,849.64 ↓ -50%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $3,887.01 ↓ -49%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $3,924.39 ↓ -49%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,924.39 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,924.39 ↓ -49%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,924.39 ↓ -49%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $3,924.39 ↓ -49%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $3,924.39 ↓ -49%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,961.76 ↓ -48%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,961.76 ↓ -48%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $3,961.76 ↓ -48%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $4,073.89 ↓ -47%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $5,606.26 ↓ -27%
encova worker's compensation $5,606.26 ↓ -27%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $5,606.26 ↓ -27%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $5,793.14 ↓ -24%
coventry health care worker's compensation $5,905.27 ↓ -23%
alliance coal alliance coal $6,540.64 ↓ -14%

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Biopsy/removal lymph nodes at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $25,075.00 $156.00 – $15,966.48
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $3,303.20 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $2,502.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $5,803.50 $166.92 – $6,594.54
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $494.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $492.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $494.50 not published
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $5,600.75 $156.00 – $23,315.12

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