Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 at Thomas Hospitals
4605 Maccorkle Ave SW, South Charleston, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1801338850
$242.50
Cash price 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.
$485.00
Gross charge 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.
$105.00 with highmark health options vs $964.25 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| highmark health options | chip | $105.00 | ↓ -57% |
| highmark health options west va | mgd mcaid | $105.00 | ↓ -57% |
| wellpoint wv | chip | $105.00 | ↓ -57% |
| wellpoint west virginia | mgd mcaid | $105.00 | ↓ -57% |
| the health plan wv | mgd mcaid | $106.50 | ↓ -56% |
| the health plan wv | chip | $107.00 | ↓ -56% |
| aetna better health wv | chip | $107.00 | ↓ -56% |
| aetna | better health mgd medicaid | $107.00 | ↓ -56% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $190.53 | ↓ -21% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $190.53 | ↓ -21% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $198.15 | ↓ -18% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $200.06 | ↓ -18% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $200.06 | ↓ -18% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $200.06 | ↓ -18% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $201.96 | ↓ -17% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $201.96 | ↓ -17% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $207.68 | ↓ -14% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $301.04 | ↑ +24% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $333.43 | ↑ +37% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $964.25 | ↑ +298% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $964.25 | ↑ +298% |
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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $313.00 | $105.00 – $509.14 |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital | Glen Dale | $338.00 | $105.00 – $333.43 |
| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $229.50 | $105.00 – $336.18 |
| United Hospital Center | Bridgeport | $229.50 | $105.00 – $360.12 |
| Wetzel County Hospital | New Martinsville | $235.00 | $105.00 – $357.12 |
| Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | $229.50 | $105.00 – $333.43 |
| Beckley ARH Hospital | Beckley | $94.20 | $36.29 – $167.41 |