Bundled special stain group 2 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

$374.00

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.

$748.00

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.

$41.20 with aetna better health pa vs $542.57 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 $41.20 ↓ -89%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $42.44 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $43.26 ↓ -88%
highmark health options chip $43.26 ↓ -88%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $45.32 ↓ -88%
upmc for kids chip $45.32 ↓ -88%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $45.32 ↓ -88%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $46.14 ↓ -88%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $49.44 ↓ -87%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $83.25 ↓ -78%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $128.07 ↓ -66%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $128.07 ↓ -66%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $128.07 ↓ -66%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $128.07 ↓ -66%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $128.07 ↓ -66%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $128.07 ↓ -66%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $128.07 ↓ -66%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $131.91 ↓ -65%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $131.91 ↓ -65%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $133.19 ↓ -64%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $134.47 ↓ -64%
humana medicare advantage all plans $134.47 ↓ -64%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $134.47 ↓ -64%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $134.47 ↓ -64%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $134.47 ↓ -64%
wv senior advantage isnp $135.75 ↓ -64%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $135.75 ↓ -64%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $135.75 ↓ -64%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $135.75 ↓ -64%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $139.60 ↓ -63%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $140.88 ↓ -62%
the health plan wv peia $143.69 ↓ -62%
alliance coal alliance coal $160.09 ↓ -57%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $192.10 ↓ -49%
encova worker's compensation $192.10 ↓ -49%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $198.51 ↓ -47%
coventry health care worker's compensation $202.35 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $542.57 ↑ +45%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $542.57 ↑ +45%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $175.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $280.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $175.00 $30.00 – $200.66
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $175.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $308.47 $44.08 – $202.32
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $175.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $175.00 $137.15 – $216.70
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $305.00 not published

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