Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial 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

$18,191.03

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.

$36,382.06

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.

$64.08 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $417.68 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 $64.08 ↓ -100%
aetna better health pa chip $93.83 ↓ -99%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $98.59 ↓ -99%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $98.59 ↓ -99%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $98.59 ↓ -99%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $98.59 ↓ -99%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $98.59 ↓ -99%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $98.59 ↓ -99%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $98.59 ↓ -99%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $101.55 ↓ -99%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $101.55 ↓ -99%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $102.53 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $103.52 ↓ -99%
humana medicare advantage all plans $103.52 ↓ -99%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $103.52 ↓ -99%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $103.52 ↓ -99%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $103.52 ↓ -99%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $104.51 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $104.51 ↓ -99%
wv senior advantage isnp $104.51 ↓ -99%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $104.51 ↓ -99%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $107.46 ↓ -99%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $108.45 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv peia $110.62 ↓ -99%
united healthcare united healthcare $146.80 ↓ -99%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $147.88 ↓ -99%
encova worker's compensation $147.88 ↓ -99%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $152.81 ↓ -99%
coventry health care worker's compensation $155.77 ↓ -99%
alliance coal alliance coal $172.53 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $417.68 ↓ -98%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $417.68 ↓ -98%

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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $12,124.70 $146.80 – $146.80
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $729.05 $98.59 – $172.53
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $16,169.78 $98.59 – $172.53
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $729.05 $98.59 – $574.25
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $729.05 $98.59 – $498.95
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $32,310.00 $94.45 – $94.45
Summers County ARH Hospital Hinton $32,310.00 $95.09 – $95.09

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