Amniocentesis therapeutic 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

$538.50

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.

$1,077.00

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.

$135.93 with upmc for you medicaid vs $777.30 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 $135.93 ↓ -75%
highmark health options chip $135.93 ↓ -75%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $140.00 ↓ -74%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $140.00 ↓ -74%
wellpoint wv chip $140.00 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $142.00 ↓ -74%
upmc for kids chip $142.41 ↓ -74%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $142.41 ↓ -74%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $142.66 ↓ -74%
aetna better health wv chip $142.66 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv chip $142.66 ↓ -74%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $145.00 ↓ -73%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $155.35 ↓ -71%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $190.66 ↓ -65%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $293.32 ↓ -46%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $293.32 ↓ -46%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $293.32 ↓ -46%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $293.32 ↓ -46%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $302.12 ↓ -44%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $305.05 ↓ -43%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $307.99 ↓ -43%
humana medicare advantage all plans $307.99 ↓ -43%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $307.99 ↓ -43%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $307.99 ↓ -43%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $307.99 ↓ -43%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $310.92 ↓ -42%
wv senior advantage isnp $310.92 ↓ -42%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $310.92 ↓ -42%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $310.92 ↓ -42%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $319.72 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv peia $329.11 ↓ -39%
encova worker's compensation $439.98 ↓ -18%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $439.98 ↓ -18%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $439.98 ↓ -18%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $454.65 ↓ -16%
coventry health care worker's compensation $463.45 ↓ -14%
alliance coal alliance coal $777.30 ↑ +44%

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Amniocentesis therapeutic at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $526.00 $135.93 – $509.04
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $500.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $434.00 $140.00 – $549.73
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $434.00 $140.00 – $509.04
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $188.50 $140.00 – $1,472.11

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