X-ray thoracic spine 3 views 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

$234.50

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.

$469.00

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.

$7.98 with wellpoint west virginia vs $69.84 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 $7.98 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $7.98 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $7.98 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $7.98 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $8.09 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $8.13 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $8.13 ↓ -97%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $8.13 ↓ -97%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $39.91 ↓ -83%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $39.91 ↓ -83%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $39.91 ↓ -83%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $41.11 ↓ -82%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $41.51 ↓ -82%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $41.91 ↓ -82%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $41.91 ↓ -82%
humana medicare advantage all plans $41.91 ↓ -82%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $41.91 ↓ -82%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $41.91 ↓ -82%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $41.91 ↓ -82%
wv senior advantage isnp $42.30 ↓ -82%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $42.30 ↓ -82%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $42.30 ↓ -82%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $43.50 ↓ -81%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $59.86 ↓ -74%
encova worker's compensation $59.86 ↓ -74%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $59.86 ↓ -74%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $61.86 ↓ -74%
coventry health care worker's compensation $63.06 ↓ -73%
alliance coal alliance coal $69.84 ↓ -70%

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X-ray thoracic spine 3 views at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $187.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $232.00 $7.98 – $426.32
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $248.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $334.50 $7.98 – $69.84
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $175.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $192.50 $7.98 – $70.42
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $209.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $234.50 $7.98 – $188.60

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