Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 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

$2,107.00

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.

$4,214.00

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.

$1,158.93 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $4,724.87 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 $1,158.93 ↓ -45%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,782.97 ↓ -15%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,782.97 ↓ -15%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,782.97 ↓ -15%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $1,782.97 ↓ -15%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $1,836.46 ↓ -13%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,854.29 ↓ -12%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,872.12 ↓ -11%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,872.12 ↓ -11%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,872.12 ↓ -11%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,872.12 ↓ -11%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,872.12 ↓ -11%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,889.95 ↓ -10%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,889.95 ↓ -10%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,889.95 ↓ -10%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,889.95 ↓ -10%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,943.44 ↓ -8%
the health plan wv peia $2,000.49 ↓ -5%
encova worker's compensation $2,674.46 ↑ +27%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $2,674.46 ↑ +27%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $2,674.46 ↑ +27%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $2,763.60 ↑ +31%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,817.09 ↑ +34%
alliance coal alliance coal $4,724.87 ↑ +124%

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Brace back pinnacle tlso 464 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $2,070.00 $1,158.93 – $3,120.20
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $2,014.50 $1,782.97 – $3,120.20
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $2,115.50 $1,782.97 – $3,120.20
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $2,338.00 $1,782.97 – $3,120.20
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $2,115.50 $1,782.97 – $3,120.20
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $370.44 $1,790.97 – $8,953.60

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