Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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

$46.00

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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.

$92.00

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.

$7.31 with highmark health options vs $39.12 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
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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 $7.31 ↓ -84%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $7.31 ↓ -84%
wellpoint wv chip $7.31 ↓ -84%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $7.31 ↓ -84%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.41 ↓ -84%
the health plan wv chip $7.45 ↓ -84%
aetna better health wv chip $7.45 ↓ -84%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $7.45 ↓ -84%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $7.73 ↓ -83%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $7.73 ↓ -83%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $8.04 ↓ -83%
humana medicare advantage all plans $8.12 ↓ -82%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $8.12 ↓ -82%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $8.12 ↓ -82%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $8.19 ↓ -82%
wv senior advantage isnp $8.19 ↓ -82%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $8.43 ↓ -82%
alliance coal alliance coal $9.66 ↓ -79%
coventry health care worker's compensation $12.21 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $39.12 ↓ -15%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $39.12 ↓ -15%

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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $100.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $234.50 $5.02 – $32.75
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $106.00 $5.02 – $12.21
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $100.00 $7.31 – $12.21
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $107.50 $7.31 – $12.21
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $100.00 $7.31 – $12.21
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $107.50 $7.31 – $12.21
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $107.50 $7.31 – $45.02

All West-virginia hospitals for this procedure →