Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block 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

$792.50

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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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$1,585.00

Gross charge

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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.

$7.50 with aetna better health pa vs $694.74 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

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 $7.50 ↓ -99%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $7.73 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $7.88 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $7.88 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $8.25 ↓ -99%
upmc for kids chip $8.25 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $8.25 ↓ -99%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $8.40 ↓ -99%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $9.00 ↓ -99%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $106.59 ↓ -87%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $163.99 ↓ -79%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $163.99 ↓ -79%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $163.99 ↓ -79%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $163.99 ↓ -79%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $163.99 ↓ -79%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $163.99 ↓ -79%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $163.99 ↓ -79%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $168.91 ↓ -79%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $168.91 ↓ -79%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $170.55 ↓ -78%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $172.19 ↓ -78%
humana medicare advantage all plans $172.19 ↓ -78%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $172.19 ↓ -78%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $172.19 ↓ -78%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $172.19 ↓ -78%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $173.83 ↓ -78%
wv senior advantage isnp $173.83 ↓ -78%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $173.83 ↓ -78%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $173.83 ↓ -78%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $178.75 ↓ -77%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $180.39 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv peia $184.00 ↓ -77%
alliance coal alliance coal $204.99 ↓ -74%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $245.98 ↓ -69%
encova worker's compensation $245.99 ↓ -69%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $254.18 ↓ -68%
coventry health care worker's compensation $259.10 ↓ -67%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $694.74 ↓ -12%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $694.74 ↓ -12%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $63.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $101.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $280.00 $7.88 – $256.96
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $61.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $201.00 $8.03 – $259.07
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $63.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $214.00 $175.64 – $277.51
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $61.00 not published

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