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800 Garfield Ave, Parkersburg, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1699704254

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$9,014.00

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.

$18,028.00

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.

$12,255.24 with molina oh medicare advantage vs $21,446.67 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
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $12,255.24 ↑ +36%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $12,255.24 ↑ +36%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $12,255.24 ↑ +36%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $12,622.90 ↑ +40%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $12,745.45 ↑ +41%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $12,868.00 ↑ +43%
humana medicare advantage all plans $12,868.00 ↑ +43%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $12,868.00 ↑ +43%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $12,868.00 ↑ +43%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $12,868.00 ↑ +43%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $12,868.00 ↑ +43%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $12,990.55 ↑ +44%
wv senior advantage isnp $12,990.55 ↑ +44%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $12,990.55 ↑ +44%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $13,358.21 ↑ +48%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $18,382.86 ↑ +104%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $18,382.86 ↑ +104%
encova worker's compensation $18,382.86 ↑ +104%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $18,995.62 ↑ +111%
coventry health care worker's compensation $19,363.28 ↑ +115%
alliance coal alliance coal $21,446.67 ↑ +138%

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