Bx skin tangential ea sep/ addl les 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

$418.00

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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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$836.00

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.

$11.54 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $75.20 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 $11.54 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $16.21 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $16.21 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $16.21 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $16.21 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $16.44 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $16.52 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $16.52 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $16.52 ↓ -96%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $17.75 ↓ -96%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $17.75 ↓ -96%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $17.75 ↓ -96%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $17.75 ↓ -96%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $17.75 ↓ -96%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $17.75 ↓ -96%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $17.75 ↓ -96%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $18.28 ↓ -96%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $18.28 ↓ -96%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $18.46 ↓ -96%
humana medicare advantage all plans $18.64 ↓ -96%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $18.64 ↓ -96%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $18.64 ↓ -96%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $18.64 ↓ -96%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $18.64 ↓ -96%
aetna better health pa chip $18.65 ↓ -96%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $18.82 ↓ -95%
wv senior advantage isnp $18.82 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $18.82 ↓ -95%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $18.82 ↓ -95%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $19.21 ↓ -95%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $19.35 ↓ -95%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $19.52 ↓ -95%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $19.58 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv peia $19.92 ↓ -95%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $20.52 ↓ -95%
upmc for kids chip $20.52 ↓ -95%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $20.52 ↓ -95%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $20.89 ↓ -95%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $22.38 ↓ -95%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $26.62 ↓ -94%
encova worker's compensation $26.63 ↓ -94%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $27.51 ↓ -93%
coventry health care worker's compensation $28.04 ↓ -93%
alliance coal alliance coal $31.06 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $75.20 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $75.20 ↓ -82%

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Bx skin tangential ea sep/ addl les at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $181.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $310.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $182.00 $11.54 – $31.06
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $221.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $562.50 $16.21 – $31.06
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $22.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $148.50 $16.21 – $31.06
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $182.50 not published

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