Air injection into abdomen 49400 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

$91.50

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.

$183.00

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.

$50.40 with upmc for you medicaid vs $212.42 with alliance coal — 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
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $50.40 ↓ -45%
highmark health options chip $50.40 ↓ -45%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $52.10 ↓ -43%
upmc for kids chip $52.80 ↓ -42%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $52.80 ↓ -42%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $53.76 ↓ -41%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $57.60 ↓ -37%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $80.16 ↓ -12%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $80.16 ↓ -12%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $80.16 ↓ -12%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $80.16 ↓ -12%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $82.56 ↓ -10%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $83.37 ↓ -9%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $84.17 ↓ -8%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $84.17 ↓ -8%
humana medicare advantage all plans $84.17 ↓ -8%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $84.17 ↓ -8%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $84.17 ↓ -8%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $84.97 ↓ -7%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $84.97 ↓ -7%
wv senior advantage isnp $84.97 ↓ -7%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $84.97 ↓ -7%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $87.37 ↓ -5%
the health plan wv peia $89.94 ↓ -2%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↑ +15%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↑ +15%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↑ +15%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↑ +16%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↑ +17%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $107.00 ↑ +17%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↑ +17%
encova worker's compensation $120.24 ↑ +31%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $120.24 ↑ +31%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $120.24 ↑ +31%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $124.25 ↑ +36%
coventry health care worker's compensation $126.65 ↑ +38%
alliance coal alliance coal $212.42 ↑ +132%

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Air injection into abdomen 49400 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $79.50 $50.40 – $140.28
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $82.00 $51.36 – $140.28
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $68.50 $80.16 – $140.28
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $88.00 $80.16 – $140.28

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