Sarscov coronavirus ag ia 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

$57.00

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.

$114.00

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.

$33.39 with highmark health options vs $178.80 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 $33.39 ↓ -41%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $33.39 ↓ -41%
wellpoint wv chip $33.39 ↓ -41%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $33.39 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $33.87 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv chip $34.03 ↓ -40%
aetna better health wv chip $34.03 ↓ -40%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $34.03 ↓ -40%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $35.33 ↓ -38%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $35.33 ↓ -38%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $36.74 ↓ -36%
humana medicare advantage all plans $37.10 ↓ -35%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $37.10 ↓ -35%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $37.10 ↓ -35%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $37.45 ↓ -34%
wv senior advantage isnp $37.45 ↓ -34%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $38.51 ↓ -32%
alliance coal alliance coal $44.16 ↓ -23%
coventry health care worker's compensation $55.82 ↓ -2%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $178.80 ↑ +214%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $178.80 ↑ +214%

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Sarscov coronavirus ag ia at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $57.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $57.00 $22.96 – $149.68
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $110.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $59.50 $22.96 – $55.82
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $58.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $68.50 $33.39 – $55.82
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $57.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $57.00 $33.39 – $55.82

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