Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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

$21.50

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.

$43.00

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.

$6.07 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $39.57 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 $6.07 ↓ -72%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $8.59 ↓ -60%
wellpoint wv chip $8.59 ↓ -60%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $8.59 ↓ -60%
highmark health options chip $8.59 ↓ -60%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $8.71 ↓ -59%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $8.75 ↓ -59%
the health plan wv chip $8.75 ↓ -59%
aetna better health wv chip $8.75 ↓ -59%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $9.34 ↓ -57%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $9.34 ↓ -57%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $9.34 ↓ -57%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $9.34 ↓ -57%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $9.34 ↓ -57%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $9.34 ↓ -57%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $9.34 ↓ -57%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $9.62 ↓ -55%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $9.62 ↓ -55%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $9.71 ↓ -55%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $9.81 ↓ -54%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $9.81 ↓ -54%
humana medicare advantage all plans $9.81 ↓ -54%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $9.81 ↓ -54%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $9.81 ↓ -54%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $9.90 ↓ -54%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $9.90 ↓ -54%
wv senior advantage isnp $9.90 ↓ -54%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $9.90 ↓ -54%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $10.18 ↓ -53%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $10.27 ↓ -52%
the health plan wv peia $10.48 ↓ -51%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $14.01 ↓ -35%
encova worker's compensation $14.01 ↓ -35%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $14.48 ↓ -33%
coventry health care worker's compensation $14.76 ↓ -31%
alliance coal alliance coal $16.34 ↓ -24%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $39.57 ↑ +84%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $39.57 ↑ +84%

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $14.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $38.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $17.50 $6.07 – $16.34
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $108.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $15.00 $8.59 – $16.34
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $19.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $34.00 $8.59 – $16.34
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $42.00 not published

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