Laparoscopy excise lesions 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

$6,276.00

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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.

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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$12,552.00

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 $10,098.88 with alliance coal — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $5,770.79 ↓ -8%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $5,770.79 ↓ -8%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5,770.79 ↓ -8%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $5,943.91 ↓ -5%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $6,001.62 ↓ -4%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $6,059.33 ↓ -3%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $6,059.33 ↓ -3%
humana medicare advantage all plans $6,059.33 ↓ -3%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $6,059.33 ↓ -3%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $6,059.33 ↓ -3%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $6,059.33 ↓ -3%
wv senior advantage isnp $6,117.04 ↓ -3%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $6,117.04 ↓ -3%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $6,117.04 ↓ -3%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $6,290.16 ↑ +0%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $8,656.18 ↑ +38%
encova worker's compensation $8,656.18 ↑ +38%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $8,656.18 ↑ +38%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $8,944.72 ↑ +43%
coventry health care worker's compensation $9,117.85 ↑ +45%
alliance coal alliance coal $10,098.88 ↑ +61%

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Laparoscopy excise lesions at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $15,555.00 $205.80 – $24,652.66
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $3,827.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $8,152.00 $205.80 – $10,098.88
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $753.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $14,893.67 $205.80 – $10,182.15
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $751.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $3,103.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $751.50 not published

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