#cf-97variants 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

$1,931.50

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.

$3,863.00

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.

$162.00 with pennsylvania health and wellness vs $2,358.04 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
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $162.00 ↓ -92%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $162.00 ↓ -92%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $162.00 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $361.79 ↓ -81%
aetna better health pa chip $445.28 ↓ -77%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $458.64 ↓ -76%
highmark health options chip $467.54 ↓ -76%
upmc for kids chip $489.81 ↓ -75%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $489.81 ↓ -75%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $498.71 ↓ -74%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $525.99 ↓ -73%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $525.99 ↓ -73%
wellpoint wv chip $525.99 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $533.50 ↓ -72%
aetna better health wv chip $536.01 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv chip $536.01 ↓ -72%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $536.01 ↓ -72%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $556.60 ↓ -71%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $556.60 ↓ -71%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $556.60 ↓ -71%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $556.60 ↓ -71%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $556.60 ↓ -71%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $556.60 ↓ -71%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $556.60 ↓ -71%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $573.30 ↓ -70%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $573.30 ↓ -70%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $578.86 ↓ -70%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $584.43 ↓ -70%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $584.43 ↓ -70%
humana medicare advantage all plans $584.43 ↓ -70%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $584.43 ↓ -70%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $584.43 ↓ -70%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $590.00 ↓ -69%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $590.00 ↓ -69%
wv senior advantage isnp $590.00 ↓ -69%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $590.00 ↓ -69%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $606.69 ↓ -69%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $612.26 ↓ -68%
the health plan wv peia $624.51 ↓ -68%
alliance coal alliance coal $695.75 ↓ -64%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $834.90 ↓ -57%
encova worker's compensation $834.90 ↓ -57%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $862.73 ↓ -55%
coventry health care worker's compensation $879.43 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,358.04 ↑ +22%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,358.04 ↑ +22%

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#cf-97variants at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $125.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $445.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $174.00 $132.00 – $879.43
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $125.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $2,028.50 $476.45 – $879.43
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $125.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $164.00 $525.99 – $879.43
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $125.00 not published

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