Brachytx, non-str, gold-198 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

$23.57

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.

$47.14

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.

$332.18 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $1,354.28 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 $332.18 ↑ +1309%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $511.05 ↑ +2068%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $511.05 ↑ +2068%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $511.05 ↑ +2068%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $511.05 ↑ +2068%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $526.38 ↑ +2133%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $531.49 ↑ +2155%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $536.60 ↑ +2177%
humana medicare advantage all plans $536.60 ↑ +2177%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $536.60 ↑ +2177%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $536.60 ↑ +2177%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $536.60 ↑ +2177%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $541.71 ↑ +2198%
wv senior advantage isnp $541.71 ↑ +2198%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $541.71 ↑ +2198%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $541.71 ↑ +2198%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $557.04 ↑ +2263%
the health plan wv peia $573.40 ↑ +2333%
encova worker's compensation $766.58 ↑ +3152%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $766.58 ↑ +3152%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $766.58 ↑ +3152%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $792.13 ↑ +3261%
coventry health care worker's compensation $807.46 ↑ +3326%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,354.28 ↑ +5646%

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