X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$560.50

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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.

$1,121.00

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.

$36.29 with highmark health options vs $847.35 with blue cross blue shield traditional — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $36.29 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $36.29 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $36.29 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $36.29 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $36.81 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv chip $36.98 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $36.98 ↓ -93%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $36.98 ↓ -93%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $167.43 ↓ -70%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $167.43 ↓ -70%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $174.13 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage all plans $175.80 ↓ -69%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $175.80 ↓ -69%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $175.80 ↓ -69%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $177.48 ↓ -68%
wv senior advantage isnp $177.48 ↓ -68%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $182.50 ↓ -67%
coventry health care worker's compensation $264.54 ↓ -53%
alliance coal alliance coal $293.00 ↓ -48%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $847.35 ↑ +51%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $847.35 ↑ +51%

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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $411.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $448.00 $22.50 – $715.25
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $416.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $553.50 $23.63 – $293.00
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $352.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $418.50 $24.08 – $295.42
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $445.50 $36.29 – $316.44
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $416.00 not published

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