Collagenase, clost hist inj 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

$185.00

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.

$370.00

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.

$50.90 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $331.72 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 $50.90 ↓ -72%
aetna better health pa chip $75.75 ↓ -59%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $78.30 ↓ -58%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $78.30 ↓ -58%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $78.30 ↓ -58%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $78.30 ↓ -58%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $78.30 ↓ -58%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $78.30 ↓ -58%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $78.30 ↓ -58%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $80.65 ↓ -56%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $80.65 ↓ -56%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $81.43 ↓ -56%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $82.22 ↓ -56%
humana medicare advantage all plans $82.22 ↓ -56%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $82.22 ↓ -56%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $82.22 ↓ -56%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $82.22 ↓ -56%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $83.00 ↓ -55%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $83.00 ↓ -55%
wv senior advantage isnp $83.00 ↓ -55%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $83.00 ↓ -55%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $85.35 ↓ -54%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $86.13 ↓ -53%
the health plan wv peia $87.85 ↓ -53%
united healthcare united healthcare $109.35 ↓ -41%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $117.45 ↓ -37%
encova worker's compensation $117.45 ↓ -37%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $121.36 ↓ -34%
coventry health care worker's compensation $123.71 ↓ -33%
alliance coal alliance coal $137.02 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $331.72 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $331.72 ↑ +79%

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