Tissue culture tumor 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

$199.50

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.

$399.00

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.

$139.41 with wellpoint west virginia vs $233.08 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
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $139.41 ↓ -30%
wellpoint wv chip $139.41 ↓ -30%
highmark health options chip $139.41 ↓ -30%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $139.41 ↓ -30%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $141.40 ↓ -29%
aetna better health wv chip $142.06 ↓ -29%
the health plan wv chip $142.06 ↓ -29%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $142.06 ↓ -29%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $147.52 ↓ -26%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $147.52 ↓ -26%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $147.52 ↓ -26%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $151.95 ↓ -24%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $153.42 ↓ -23%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $154.90 ↓ -22%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $154.90 ↓ -22%
humana medicare advantage all plans $154.90 ↓ -22%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $154.90 ↓ -22%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $154.90 ↓ -22%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $154.90 ↓ -22%
wv senior advantage isnp $156.37 ↓ -22%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $156.37 ↓ -22%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $156.37 ↓ -22%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $160.80 ↓ -19%
alliance coal alliance coal $184.40 ↓ -8%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $221.28 ↑ +11%
encova worker's compensation $221.28 ↑ +11%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $221.28 ↑ +11%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $228.66 ↑ +15%
coventry health care worker's compensation $233.08 ↑ +17%

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Tissue culture tumor at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $486.50 $95.89 – $233.08
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $190.50 $95.89 – $233.08
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $186.50 $139.41 – $233.08
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $199.50 $139.41 – $233.08
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $864.00 $139.41 – $746.58

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