Brach/thor cath 2nd 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

$11,004.50

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.

$22,009.00

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.

$114.50 with aetna better health pa vs $1,081.58 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 $114.50 ↓ -99%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $117.94 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $120.23 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $120.23 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $125.95 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $125.95 ↓ -99%
upmc for kids chip $125.95 ↓ -99%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $128.24 ↓ -99%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $137.40 ↓ -99%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $165.94 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -98%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -98%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $255.30 ↓ -98%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $255.30 ↓ -98%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $255.30 ↓ -98%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $255.30 ↓ -98%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $255.30 ↓ -98%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $255.30 ↓ -98%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $255.30 ↓ -98%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $262.96 ↓ -98%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $262.96 ↓ -98%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $265.51 ↓ -98%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $268.06 ↓ -98%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $268.06 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $268.06 ↓ -98%
humana medicare advantage all plans $268.06 ↓ -98%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $268.06 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $270.62 ↓ -98%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $270.62 ↓ -98%
wv senior advantage isnp $270.62 ↓ -98%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $270.62 ↓ -98%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $278.28 ↓ -97%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $280.83 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv peia $286.45 ↓ -97%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $382.95 ↓ -97%
encova worker's compensation $382.95 ↓ -97%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $395.72 ↓ -96%
coventry health care worker's compensation $403.37 ↓ -96%
alliance coal alliance coal $446.77 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,081.58 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,081.58 ↓ -90%

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Brach/thor cath 2nd at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $468.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,178.00 $120.23 – $446.77
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $289.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $946.00 $122.52 – $446.78
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $292.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,766.50 $205.80 – $446.78
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $289.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $292.50 not published

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