Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at West Virginia University Hospitals
1 Medical Center Dr, Morgantown, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1841271459
$231.00
Cash price 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.
$462.00
Gross charge 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.
$528.25 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $3,442.96 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid | highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid | $528.25 | ↑ +129% |
| molina oh medicare advantage | all plans | $812.69 | ↑ +252% |
| highmark pa medicare advantage | hmo | $812.69 | ↑ +252% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $812.69 | ↑ +252% |
| upmc for life medicare advantage | all plans | $812.69 | ↑ +252% |
| anthem pathway | anthem pathway | $812.69 | ↑ +252% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $812.69 | ↑ +252% |
| caresource oh medicare advantage | all plans | $812.69 | ↑ +252% |
| highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage | all pla | $837.07 | ↑ +262% |
| anthem oh medicare advantage | hmo | $837.07 | ↑ +262% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $845.20 | ↑ +266% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $853.32 | ↑ +269% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $853.32 | ↑ +269% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $853.32 | ↑ +269% |
| buckeye oh medicare advantage | all plans | $853.32 | ↑ +269% |
| senior life pa - ma | certain hospitals | $853.32 | ↑ +269% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $861.45 | ↑ +273% |
| valor health medicare advantage | all plans | $861.45 | ↑ +273% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $861.45 | ↑ +273% |
| geisinger pa medicare advantage | all plans | $861.45 | ↑ +273% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $885.83 | ↑ +283% |
| caresource oh exchange | caresource oh exchange | $893.96 | ↑ +287% |
| the health plan wv | peia | $911.84 | ↑ +295% |
| buckeye commercial | exchange plan | $1,219.04 | ↑ +428% |
| encova | worker's compensation | $1,219.04 | ↑ +428% |
| rockport healthcare group | worker's compensation | $1,259.67 | ↑ +445% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $1,284.05 | ↑ +456% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $1,422.21 | ↑ +516% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $3,442.96 | ↑ +1390% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $3,442.96 | ↑ +1390% |
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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $220.00 | $812.69 – $1,422.21 |
| Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | $294.88 | $812.69 – $1,422.21 |
| Weirton Medical Center | Weirton | $213.50 | $812.69 – $4,136.10 |