Emg cranial nerve bilateral at Thomas Hospitals

4605 Maccorkle Ave SW, South Charleston, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1801338850

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 10, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$350.50

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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.

$701.00

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.

$44.78 with highmark health options vs $1,043.15 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.

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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

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
highmark health options chip $44.78 ↓ -87%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $44.78 ↓ -87%
wellpoint wv chip $44.78 ↓ -87%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $44.78 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $45.42 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv chip $45.64 ↓ -87%
aetna better health wv chip $45.64 ↓ -87%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $45.64 ↓ -87%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $206.12 ↓ -41%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $206.12 ↓ -41%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $214.36 ↓ -39%
humana medicare advantage all plans $216.43 ↓ -38%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $216.43 ↓ -38%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $216.43 ↓ -38%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $218.49 ↓ -38%
wv senior advantage isnp $218.49 ↓ -38%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $224.67 ↓ -36%
coventry health care worker's compensation $325.67 ↓ -7%
alliance coal alliance coal $360.71 ↑ +3%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,043.15 ↑ +198%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,043.15 ↑ +198%

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Emg cranial nerve bilateral at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,048.00 $25.46 – $880.51
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $350.50 $26.73 – $360.71
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $403.00 $44.78 – $389.53
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $350.50 $28.01 – $386.30
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $403.00 $44.78 – $360.71
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $350.50 $25.46 – $1,285.72
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $350.50 $25.46 – $1,049.03

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