Cmptr ophth img optic nerve 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

$688.00

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.

$1,376.00

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.

$11.76 with aetna better health pa vs $240.55 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 $11.76 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $12.10 ↓ -98%
wellpoint wv chip $12.10 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $12.10 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $12.10 ↓ -98%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $12.11 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $12.27 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $12.33 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $12.33 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $12.33 ↓ -98%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $12.35 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $12.94 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $12.94 ↓ -98%
upmc for kids chip $12.94 ↓ -98%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $13.17 ↓ -98%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $14.11 ↓ -98%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $36.91 ↓ -95%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $56.78 ↓ -92%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $56.78 ↓ -92%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $56.78 ↓ -92%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $56.78 ↓ -92%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $56.78 ↓ -92%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $56.78 ↓ -92%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $56.78 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $58.48 ↓ -92%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $58.48 ↓ -92%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $59.05 ↓ -91%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $59.62 ↓ -91%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $59.62 ↓ -91%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $59.62 ↓ -91%
humana medicare advantage all plans $59.62 ↓ -91%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $59.62 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $60.19 ↓ -91%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $60.19 ↓ -91%
wv senior advantage isnp $60.19 ↓ -91%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $60.19 ↓ -91%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $61.89 ↓ -91%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $62.46 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv peia $63.71 ↓ -91%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $85.17 ↓ -88%
encova worker's compensation $85.17 ↓ -88%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $88.01 ↓ -87%
coventry health care worker's compensation $89.71 ↓ -87%
alliance coal alliance coal $99.36 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $240.55 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $240.55 ↓ -65%

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Cmptr ophth img optic nerve at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $18.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $28.80 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $16.50 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $33.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $98.00 $12.10 – $106.42
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $16.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $18.00 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $98.00 $12.10 – $98.54

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