Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track 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

$125.00

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.

$250.00

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.

$9.01 with highmark health options vs $51.06 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 $9.01 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $9.01 ↓ -93%
wellpoint wv chip $9.01 ↓ -93%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $9.01 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $9.14 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv chip $9.18 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $9.18 ↓ -93%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $9.18 ↓ -93%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $10.09 ↓ -92%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $10.09 ↓ -92%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $10.49 ↓ -92%
humana medicare advantage all plans $10.59 ↓ -92%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $10.59 ↓ -92%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $10.59 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $10.70 ↓ -91%
wv senior advantage isnp $10.70 ↓ -91%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $11.00 ↓ -91%
coventry health care worker's compensation $15.94 ↓ -87%
alliance coal alliance coal $17.66 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $51.06 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $51.06 ↓ -59%

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Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $145.50 $6.56 – $42.75
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $150.00 $6.56 – $17.66
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $139.00 $9.01 – $17.66
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $104.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $161.50 $9.01 – $17.66
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $139.00 $9.01 – $17.66
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $161.50 $9.01 – $17.66
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $129.00 $9.01 – $58.77

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