Caregiver training strategies&tq 1st 30 minutes 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

$55.00

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.

$110.00

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.

$32.77 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $213.60 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 $32.77 ↓ -40%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $34.48 ↓ -37%
wellpoint wv chip $34.48 ↓ -37%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $34.48 ↓ -37%
highmark health options chip $34.48 ↓ -37%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $34.97 ↓ -36%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $35.14 ↓ -36%
the health plan wv chip $35.14 ↓ -36%
aetna better health wv chip $35.14 ↓ -36%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $50.42 ↓ -8%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $50.42 ↓ -8%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $50.42 ↓ -8%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $50.42 ↓ -8%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $50.42 ↓ -8%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $50.42 ↓ -8%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $50.42 ↓ -8%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $51.93 ↓ -6%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $51.93 ↓ -6%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $52.44 ↓ -5%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $52.94 ↓ -4%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $52.94 ↓ -4%
humana medicare advantage all plans $52.94 ↓ -4%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $52.94 ↓ -4%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $52.94 ↓ -4%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $53.45 ↓ -3%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $53.45 ↓ -3%
wv senior advantage isnp $53.45 ↓ -3%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $53.45 ↓ -3%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $54.96 ↓ -0%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $55.46 ↑ +1%
the health plan wv peia $56.57 ↑ +3%
alliance coal alliance coal $68.07 ↑ +24%
encova worker's compensation $75.63 ↑ +38%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $75.63 ↑ +38%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $78.15 ↑ +42%
coventry health care worker's compensation $79.66 ↑ +45%
upmc commercial $184.00 ↑ +235%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $213.60 ↑ +288%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $213.60 ↑ +288%

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Caregiver training strategies&tq 1st 30 minutes at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $41.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $66.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $52.00 $32.77 – $79.66
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $44.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $49.50 $34.48 – $79.66
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $41.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $41.50 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $49.50 $34.48 – $79.66

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