Calcium ionized 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

$55.50

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.

$111.00

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.

$8.85 with aetna better health pa vs $57.96 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 $8.85 ↓ -84%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $8.89 ↓ -84%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $9.12 ↓ -84%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $9.29 ↓ -83%
highmark health options chip $9.29 ↓ -83%
upmc for kids chip $9.74 ↓ -82%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $9.74 ↓ -82%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $9.74 ↓ -82%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $9.91 ↓ -82%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $10.62 ↓ -81%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $12.93 ↓ -77%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $12.93 ↓ -77%
wellpoint wv chip $12.93 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $13.11 ↓ -76%
aetna better health wv chip $13.17 ↓ -76%
the health plan wv chip $13.17 ↓ -76%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $13.17 ↓ -76%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $13.68 ↓ -75%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $13.68 ↓ -75%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $13.68 ↓ -75%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $13.68 ↓ -75%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $13.68 ↓ -75%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $13.68 ↓ -75%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $13.68 ↓ -75%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $14.09 ↓ -75%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $14.09 ↓ -75%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $14.23 ↓ -74%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $14.36 ↓ -74%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $14.36 ↓ -74%
humana medicare advantage all plans $14.36 ↓ -74%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $14.36 ↓ -74%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $14.36 ↓ -74%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $14.50 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $14.50 ↓ -74%
wv senior advantage isnp $14.50 ↓ -74%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $14.50 ↓ -74%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $14.91 ↓ -73%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $15.05 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv peia $15.35 ↓ -72%
alliance coal alliance coal $17.10 ↓ -69%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $20.52 ↓ -63%
encova worker's compensation $20.52 ↓ -63%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $21.20 ↓ -62%
coventry health care worker's compensation $21.61 ↓ -61%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $57.96 ↑ +4%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $57.96 ↑ +4%

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Calcium ionized at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $35.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $56.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $35.50 $8.89 – $21.61
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $76.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $48.00 $9.47 – $21.61
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $178.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $98.50 $12.93 – $21.61
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $71.50 not published

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