Repair of ruptured spleen 38115 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

$13,658.50

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.

$27,317.00

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.

$1,008.32 with wellpoint west virginia vs $2,178.16 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 $1,008.32 ↓ -93%
wellpoint wv chip $1,008.32 ↓ -93%
highmark health options chip $1,008.32 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $1,008.32 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $1,022.72 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $1,027.52 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $1,027.52 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $1,027.52 ↓ -92%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,244.66 ↓ -91%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,244.66 ↓ -91%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,244.66 ↓ -91%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $1,282.00 ↓ -91%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,294.45 ↓ -91%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $1,306.89 ↓ -90%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,306.89 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,306.89 ↓ -90%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,306.89 ↓ -90%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $1,306.89 ↓ -90%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,306.89 ↓ -90%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,319.34 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,319.34 ↓ -90%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,319.34 ↓ -90%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,356.68 ↓ -90%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,866.99 ↓ -86%
encova worker's compensation $1,866.99 ↓ -86%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,866.99 ↓ -86%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,929.22 ↓ -86%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,966.56 ↓ -86%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,178.16 ↓ -84%

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