Bx breast add lesion strtctc 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

$9,426.00

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.

$18,852.00

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.

$45.90 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $299.14 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
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $45.90 ↓ -100%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $61.25 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $61.25 ↓ -99%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $61.25 ↓ -99%
wellpoint wv chip $61.25 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $62.12 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv chip $62.41 ↓ -99%
aetna better health wv chip $62.41 ↓ -99%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $62.41 ↓ -99%
aetna better health pa chip $70.38 ↓ -99%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $70.61 ↓ -99%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $70.61 ↓ -99%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $70.61 ↓ -99%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $70.61 ↓ -99%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $70.61 ↓ -99%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $70.61 ↓ -99%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $70.61 ↓ -99%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $72.49 ↓ -99%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $72.73 ↓ -99%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $72.73 ↓ -99%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $73.43 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $73.90 ↓ -99%
humana medicare advantage all plans $74.14 ↓ -99%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $74.14 ↓ -99%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $74.14 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $74.14 ↓ -99%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $74.14 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $74.85 ↓ -99%
wv senior advantage isnp $74.85 ↓ -99%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $74.85 ↓ -99%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $74.85 ↓ -99%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $76.96 ↓ -99%
upmc for kids chip $77.42 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $77.42 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $77.42 ↓ -99%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $77.67 ↓ -99%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $78.83 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv peia $79.22 ↓ -99%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $84.46 ↓ -99%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $105.92 ↓ -99%
encova worker's compensation $105.92 ↓ -99%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $109.45 ↓ -99%
coventry health care worker's compensation $111.56 ↓ -99%
alliance coal alliance coal $123.57 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $299.14 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $299.14 ↓ -97%

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Bx breast add lesion strtctc at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $129.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,678.50 $45.90 – $123.57
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $448.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,373.00 $61.25 – $123.57
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $763.00 $61.25 – $123.57
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $763.00 $61.25 – $123.57
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $363.00 $61.25 – $411.28
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,106.00 $61.25 – $357.35

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