Cath lt/rt pulm art 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

$2,206.00

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.

$4,412.00

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.

$87.98 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $573.45 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 $87.98 ↓ -96%
aetna better health pa chip $114.50 ↓ -95%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $117.94 ↓ -95%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $120.23 ↓ -95%
highmark health options chip $120.23 ↓ -95%
upmc for kids chip $125.95 ↓ -94%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $125.95 ↓ -94%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $125.95 ↓ -94%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $128.24 ↓ -94%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $135.36 ↓ -94%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $135.36 ↓ -94%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $135.36 ↓ -94%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $135.36 ↓ -94%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $135.36 ↓ -94%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $135.36 ↓ -94%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $135.36 ↓ -94%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $137.40 ↓ -94%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $139.42 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $139.42 ↓ -94%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $140.77 ↓ -94%
humana medicare advantage all plans $142.13 ↓ -94%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $142.13 ↓ -94%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $142.13 ↓ -94%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $142.13 ↓ -94%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $142.13 ↓ -94%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $143.48 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $143.48 ↓ -93%
wv senior advantage isnp $143.48 ↓ -93%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $143.48 ↓ -93%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $147.54 ↓ -93%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $148.90 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv peia $151.87 ↓ -93%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $203.04 ↓ -91%
encova worker's compensation $203.04 ↓ -91%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -91%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -91%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -90%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -90%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $209.81 ↓ -90%
coventry health care worker's compensation $213.87 ↓ -90%
alliance coal alliance coal $236.88 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $573.45 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $573.45 ↓ -74%

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Cath lt/rt pulm art at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $248.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $2,650.00 $87.98 – $236.88
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $159.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,750.50 $122.52 – $236.88
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $155.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,153.00 $135.36 – $236.88
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $159.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $155.00 not published

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