Lymphatics/lymph node imaging 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

$1,103.00

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.

$2,206.00

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.

$41.43 with highmark health options vs $2,623.06 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 $41.43 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $41.43 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $41.43 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $41.43 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $42.02 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $42.22 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $42.22 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $42.22 ↓ -96%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $518.30 ↓ -53%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $518.30 ↓ -53%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $539.03 ↓ -51%
humana medicare advantage all plans $544.21 ↓ -51%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $544.21 ↓ -51%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $544.21 ↓ -51%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $549.40 ↓ -50%
wv senior advantage isnp $549.40 ↓ -50%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $564.95 ↓ -49%
coventry health care worker's compensation $818.91 ↓ -26%
alliance coal alliance coal $907.02 ↓ -18%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,623.06 ↑ +138%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,623.06 ↑ +138%

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Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $901.50 $41.43 – $2,214.16
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $718.00 $41.43 – $914.50
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $907.50 $41.43 – $979.54
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $905.00 $41.43 – $971.42
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $907.50 $41.43 – $907.02
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $1,516.50 $41.43 – $3,233.24
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $1,215.00 $41.43 – $2,637.84
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $792.60 $464.15 – $2,320.44

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