Blood split unit 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

$141.00

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.

$282.00

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.

$100.80 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $410.96 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
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $100.80 ↓ -29%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $155.08 ↑ +10%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $155.08 ↑ +10%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $155.08 ↑ +10%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $155.08 ↑ +10%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $159.73 ↑ +13%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $161.28 ↑ +14%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $162.83 ↑ +15%
humana medicare advantage all plans $162.83 ↑ +15%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $162.83 ↑ +15%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $162.83 ↑ +15%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $162.83 ↑ +15%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $164.38 ↑ +17%
wv senior advantage isnp $164.38 ↑ +17%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $164.38 ↑ +17%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $164.38 ↑ +17%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $169.04 ↑ +20%
the health plan wv peia $174.00 ↑ +23%
encova worker's compensation $232.62 ↑ +65%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $232.62 ↑ +65%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $232.62 ↑ +65%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $240.37 ↑ +70%
coventry health care worker's compensation $245.03 ↑ +74%
alliance coal alliance coal $410.96 ↑ +191%

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Blood split unit at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $100.00 $155.08 – $271.39
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $392.00 $166.08 – $290.64
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $392.00 $155.08 – $271.39
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $159.50 $166.08 – $967.35
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $171.00 $155.08 – $784.84

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