Blood clot lysis time 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

$24.50

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.

$49.00

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.

$6.28 with aetna better health pa vs $86.30 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
aetna better health pa chip $6.28 ↓ -74%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $6.47 ↓ -74%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $6.91 ↓ -72%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $7.54 ↓ -69%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $13.24 ↓ -46%
wellpoint wv chip $19.25 ↓ -21%
highmark health options chip $19.25 ↓ -21%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $19.25 ↓ -21%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $19.25 ↓ -21%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $19.52 ↓ -20%
aetna better health wv chip $19.61 ↓ -20%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $19.61 ↓ -20%
the health plan wv chip $19.61 ↓ -20%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $20.37 ↓ -17%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $20.37 ↓ -17%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $20.37 ↓ -17%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $20.37 ↓ -17%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $20.37 ↓ -17%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $20.37 ↓ -17%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $20.98 ↓ -14%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $20.98 ↓ -14%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $21.18 ↓ -14%
humana medicare advantage all plans $21.39 ↓ -13%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $21.39 ↓ -13%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $21.39 ↓ -13%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $21.39 ↓ -13%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $21.39 ↓ -13%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $21.59 ↓ -12%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $21.59 ↓ -12%
wv senior advantage isnp $21.59 ↓ -12%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $21.59 ↓ -12%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $22.20 ↓ -9%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $22.41 ↓ -9%
the health plan wv peia $22.86 ↓ -7%
alliance coal alliance coal $25.46 ↑ +4%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $30.56 ↑ +25%
coventry health care worker's compensation $32.18 ↑ +31%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $86.30 ↑ +252%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $86.30 ↑ +252%

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