Respirator motion mgmt simul 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

$472.50

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.

$945.00

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.

$78.24 with highmark health options vs $508.16 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 $78.24 ↓ -83%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $78.24 ↓ -83%
wellpoint wv chip $78.24 ↓ -83%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $78.24 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $79.35 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv chip $79.73 ↓ -83%
aetna better health wv chip $79.73 ↓ -83%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $79.73 ↓ -83%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $100.41 ↓ -79%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $100.41 ↓ -79%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $104.43 ↓ -78%
humana medicare advantage all plans $105.43 ↓ -78%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $105.43 ↓ -78%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $105.43 ↓ -78%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $106.43 ↓ -77%
wv senior advantage isnp $106.43 ↓ -77%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $109.45 ↓ -77%
coventry health care worker's compensation $158.65 ↓ -66%
alliance coal alliance coal $175.72 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $508.16 ↑ +8%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $508.16 ↑ +8%

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Respirator motion mgmt simul at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $531.00 $65.27 – $425.39
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $385.50 $78.24 – $175.72
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $398.50 $78.24 – $175.72
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $547.50 $78.24 – $175.72

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