X-ray surgical specimen at Thomas Hospitals
4605 Maccorkle Ave SW, South Charleston, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1801338850
$1,210.50
Cash price 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.
$2,421.00
Gross charge 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.
$11.32 with highmark health options vs $2,639.66 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| highmark health options | chip | $11.32 | ↓ -99% |
| highmark health options west va | mgd mcaid | $11.32 | ↓ -99% |
| wellpoint wv | chip | $11.32 | ↓ -99% |
| wellpoint west virginia | mgd mcaid | $11.32 | ↓ -99% |
| the health plan wv | mgd mcaid | $11.48 | ↓ -99% |
| the health plan wv | chip | $11.53 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna better health wv | chip | $11.53 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | better health mgd medicaid | $11.53 | ↓ -99% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $521.58 | ↓ -57% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $521.58 | ↓ -57% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $542.44 | ↓ -55% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $547.66 | ↓ -55% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $547.66 | ↓ -55% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $547.66 | ↓ -55% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $552.87 | ↓ -54% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $552.87 | ↓ -54% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $568.52 | ↓ -53% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $824.10 | ↓ -32% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $912.76 | ↓ -25% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $2,639.66 | ↑ +118% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $2,639.66 | ↑ +118% |
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X-ray surgical specimen at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jefferson Medical Center | Ranson | $414.00 | not published |
| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $400.00 | $10.62 – $2,228.19 |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital | Glen Dale | $197.50 | $11.15 – $912.76 |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center | Summersville | $600.00 | not published |
| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $419.50 | $11.32 – $920.29 |
| United Hospital Center | Bridgeport | $773.50 | $11.32 – $985.78 |
| Wetzel County Hospital | New Martinsville | $644.50 | $11.32 – $977.59 |
| Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | $773.50 | $11.32 – $912.76 |