Bx prostate trnsrctl u/s guid 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

$4,501.50

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.

$9,003.00

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.

$2,205.42 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $14,374.28 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.

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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 $2,205.42 ↓ -51%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $3,392.96 ↓ -25%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $3,392.96 ↓ -25%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3,392.96 ↓ -25%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $3,392.96 ↓ -25%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $3,392.96 ↓ -25%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3,392.96 ↓ -25%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $3,392.96 ↓ -25%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $3,494.75 ↓ -22%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $3,494.75 ↓ -22%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $3,528.68 ↓ -22%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,562.61 ↓ -21%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,562.61 ↓ -21%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,562.61 ↓ -21%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $3,562.61 ↓ -21%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $3,562.61 ↓ -21%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,596.54 ↓ -20%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $3,596.54 ↓ -20%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,596.54 ↓ -20%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $3,596.54 ↓ -20%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,698.33 ↓ -18%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $3,732.26 ↓ -17%
the health plan wv peia $3,806.90 ↓ -15%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $5,089.44 ↑ +13%
encova worker's compensation $5,089.44 ↑ +13%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $5,259.09 ↑ +17%
coventry health care worker's compensation $5,360.88 ↑ +19%
alliance coal alliance coal $5,937.68 ↑ +32%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $14,374.28 ↑ +219%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $14,374.28 ↑ +219%

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Bx prostate trnsrctl u/s guid at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $250.40 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $4,051.50 $3,392.53 – $5,936.93
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $4,051.50 $3,633.86 – $6,359.26
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $3,376.00 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $4,051.50 $3,603.68 – $6,306.44
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $4,051.50 $3,603.68 – $20,989.99
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $4,051.50 $3,364.79 – $17,124.76

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