X-ray surgical specimen 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

$773.50

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.

$1,547.00

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.

$11.32 with wellpoint west virginia vs $912.76 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 $11.32 ↓ -99%
wellpoint wv chip $11.32 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $11.32 ↓ -99%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $11.32 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $11.48 ↓ -99%
aetna better health wv chip $11.53 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv chip $11.53 ↓ -99%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $11.53 ↓ -99%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $521.58 ↓ -33%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $521.58 ↓ -33%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $521.58 ↓ -33%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $537.23 ↓ -31%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $542.44 ↓ -30%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $547.66 ↓ -29%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $547.66 ↓ -29%
humana medicare advantage all plans $547.66 ↓ -29%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $547.66 ↓ -29%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $547.66 ↓ -29%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $547.66 ↓ -29%
wv senior advantage isnp $552.87 ↓ -29%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $552.87 ↓ -29%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $552.87 ↓ -29%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $568.52 ↓ -27%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $782.37 ↑ +1%
encova worker's compensation $782.37 ↑ +1%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $782.37 ↑ +1%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $808.45 ↑ +5%
coventry health care worker's compensation $824.10 ↑ +7%
alliance coal alliance coal $912.76 ↑ +18%

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X-ray surgical specimen at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $414.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $400.00 $10.62 – $2,228.19
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $197.50 $11.15 – $912.76
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $600.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $419.50 $11.32 – $920.29
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $773.50 $11.32 – $985.78
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $644.50 $11.32 – $977.59
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $1,193.50 $10.62 – $3,253.74

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