Chorion biopsy 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

$1,176.50

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.

$2,353.00

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.

$59.00 with aetna better health pa vs $3,755.87 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 $59.00 ↓ -95%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $60.77 ↓ -95%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $61.95 ↓ -95%
highmark health options chip $61.95 ↓ -95%
upmc for kids chip $64.90 ↓ -94%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $64.90 ↓ -94%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $64.90 ↓ -94%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $66.08 ↓ -94%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $70.80 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $103.20 ↓ -91%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $103.20 ↓ -91%
wellpoint wv chip $103.20 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $104.68 ↓ -91%
aetna better health wv chip $105.17 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $105.17 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $105.17 ↓ -91%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $576.26 ↓ -51%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $886.55 ↓ -25%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $886.55 ↓ -25%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $886.55 ↓ -25%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $886.55 ↓ -25%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $886.55 ↓ -25%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $886.55 ↓ -25%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $886.55 ↓ -25%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $913.15 ↓ -22%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $913.15 ↓ -22%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $922.01 ↓ -22%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $930.88 ↓ -21%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $930.88 ↓ -21%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $930.88 ↓ -21%
humana medicare advantage all plans $930.88 ↓ -21%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $930.88 ↓ -21%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $939.74 ↓ -20%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $939.74 ↓ -20%
wv senior advantage isnp $939.74 ↓ -20%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $939.74 ↓ -20%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $966.34 ↓ -18%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $975.20 ↓ -17%
the health plan wv peia $994.71 ↓ -15%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,329.82 ↑ +13%
encova worker's compensation $1,329.82 ↑ +13%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,374.15 ↑ +17%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,400.75 ↑ +19%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,551.46 ↑ +32%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $3,755.87 ↑ +219%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $3,755.87 ↑ +219%

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Chorion biopsy at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,086.00 $61.95 – $1,538.58
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,059.00 $63.13 – $1,551.29
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,059.00 $103.20 – $1,661.61
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $905.00 $64.90 – $1,647.82
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,059.00 $103.20 – $1,538.58
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $982.00 $59.00 – $5,484.50
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,065.00 $103.20 – $4,449.49

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