Acetylcholinesterase assay at West Virginia University Hospitals

1 Medical Center Dr, Morgantown, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1841271459

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$129.00

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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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$258.00

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.

$7.99 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $52.07 with blue cross blue shield ppo — 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 wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $7.99 ↓ -94%
aetna better health pa chip $10.00 ↓ -92%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $10.30 ↓ -92%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $10.50 ↓ -92%
highmark health options chip $10.50 ↓ -92%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $11.00 ↓ -91%
upmc for kids chip $11.00 ↓ -91%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $11.00 ↓ -91%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $11.20 ↓ -91%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $11.61 ↓ -91%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $11.61 ↓ -91%
wellpoint wv chip $11.61 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $11.78 ↓ -91%
aetna better health wv chip $11.83 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $11.83 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $11.83 ↓ -91%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $12.00 ↓ -91%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $12.29 ↓ -90%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $12.29 ↓ -90%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $12.29 ↓ -90%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $12.29 ↓ -90%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $12.29 ↓ -90%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $12.29 ↓ -90%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $12.29 ↓ -90%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $12.66 ↓ -90%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $12.66 ↓ -90%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $12.78 ↓ -90%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $12.90 ↓ -90%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $12.90 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage all plans $12.90 ↓ -90%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $12.90 ↓ -90%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $12.90 ↓ -90%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $13.03 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $13.03 ↓ -90%
wv senior advantage isnp $13.03 ↓ -90%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $13.03 ↓ -90%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $13.40 ↓ -90%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $13.52 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv peia $13.79 ↓ -89%
alliance coal alliance coal $15.36 ↓ -88%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $18.43 ↓ -86%
encova worker's compensation $18.43 ↓ -86%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $19.05 ↓ -85%
coventry health care worker's compensation $19.42 ↓ -85%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $52.07 ↓ -60%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $52.07 ↓ -60%

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Acetylcholinesterase assay at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $44.50 $10.00 – $71.58

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