Contrast x-ray of hip 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

$532.00

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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.

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$1,064.00

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.

$20.84 with wellpoint west virginia vs $582.78 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 $20.84 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $20.84 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $20.84 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $20.84 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $21.14 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $21.24 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $21.24 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $21.24 ↓ -96%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $333.02 ↓ -37%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $333.02 ↓ -37%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $333.02 ↓ -37%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $343.01 ↓ -36%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $346.34 ↓ -35%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $349.67 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $349.67 ↓ -34%
humana medicare advantage all plans $349.67 ↓ -34%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $349.67 ↓ -34%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $349.67 ↓ -34%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $349.67 ↓ -34%
wv senior advantage isnp $353.00 ↓ -34%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $353.00 ↓ -34%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $353.00 ↓ -34%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $362.99 ↓ -32%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $499.53 ↓ -6%
encova worker's compensation $499.53 ↓ -6%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $499.53 ↓ -6%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $516.18 ↓ -3%
coventry health care worker's compensation $526.17 ↓ -1%
alliance coal alliance coal $582.78 ↑ +10%

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Contrast x-ray of hip at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $665.00 $20.84 – $889.90
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $614.00 $20.84 – $582.78
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $532.00 $20.84 – $629.39
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $875.00 $20.84 – $624.16
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $2,476.00 $20.84 – $1,685.38
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $1,272.00 $20.84 – $1,694.87

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