Acup 1/> wo estim 1st 15 min 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

$44.00

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.

$88.00

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.

$18.10 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $117.94 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 wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $18.10 ↓ -59%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $23.16 ↓ -47%
wellpoint wv chip $23.16 ↓ -47%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $23.16 ↓ -47%
highmark health options chip $23.16 ↓ -47%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $23.49 ↓ -47%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $23.60 ↓ -46%
the health plan wv chip $23.60 ↓ -46%
aetna better health wv chip $23.60 ↓ -46%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $27.84 ↓ -37%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $27.84 ↓ -37%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $27.84 ↓ -37%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $27.84 ↓ -37%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $27.84 ↓ -37%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $27.84 ↓ -37%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $27.84 ↓ -37%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $28.68 ↓ -35%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $28.68 ↓ -35%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $28.95 ↓ -34%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $29.23 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $29.23 ↓ -34%
humana medicare advantage all plans $29.23 ↓ -34%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $29.23 ↓ -34%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $29.23 ↓ -34%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $29.51 ↓ -33%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $29.51 ↓ -33%
wv senior advantage isnp $29.51 ↓ -33%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $29.51 ↓ -33%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $30.35 ↓ -31%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $30.62 ↓ -30%
the health plan wv peia $31.24 ↓ -29%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $41.76 ↓ -5%
encova worker's compensation $41.76 ↓ -5%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $43.15 ↓ -2%
coventry health care worker's compensation $43.99 ↓ -0%
alliance coal alliance coal $48.72 ↑ +11%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $117.94 ↑ +168%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $117.94 ↑ +168%

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Acup 1/> wo estim 1st 15 min at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $42.50 $17.95 – $48.32
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $38.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $39.00 $23.16 – $48.70
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $41.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $39.00 $23.16 – $52.19
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $40.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $35.50 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $37.50 $23.16 – $51.75

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