Cytopath smear other source 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

$95.00

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.

$190.00

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.

$27.61 with molina oh medicare advantage vs $43.62 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
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $27.61 ↓ -71%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $27.61 ↓ -71%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $27.61 ↓ -71%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $28.44 ↓ -70%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $28.71 ↓ -70%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $28.99 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage all plans $28.99 ↓ -69%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $28.99 ↓ -69%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $28.99 ↓ -69%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $28.99 ↓ -69%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $28.99 ↓ -69%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $29.27 ↓ -69%
wv senior advantage isnp $29.27 ↓ -69%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $29.27 ↓ -69%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $30.09 ↓ -68%
alliance coal alliance coal $34.51 ↓ -64%
encova worker's compensation $41.42 ↓ -56%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $41.42 ↓ -56%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $41.42 ↓ -56%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $42.80 ↓ -55%
coventry health care worker's compensation $43.62 ↓ -54%

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Cytopath smear other source at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $114.50 $2.63 – $43.99
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $40.50 $2.63 – $43.62
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $95.00 $29.82 – $47.12
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $109.00 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $22.50 $2.75 – $46.72
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $71.00 $2.50 – $172.23
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $114.50 $27.61 – $139.73
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $92.00 $2.50 – $140.52

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