Culture fungi skin/hair/nail 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

$66.50

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.

$133.00

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.

$5.01 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $32.66 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
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $5.01 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $7.29 ↓ -89%
wellpoint wv chip $7.29 ↓ -89%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $7.29 ↓ -89%
highmark health options chip $7.29 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.39 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv chip $7.43 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv chip $7.43 ↓ -89%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $7.43 ↓ -89%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $7.71 ↓ -88%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $7.71 ↓ -88%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $7.71 ↓ -88%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $7.71 ↓ -88%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $7.71 ↓ -88%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $7.71 ↓ -88%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $7.71 ↓ -88%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $7.94 ↓ -88%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $7.94 ↓ -88%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $8.02 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage all plans $8.10 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $8.10 ↓ -88%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $8.10 ↓ -88%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $8.10 ↓ -88%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $8.10 ↓ -88%
wv senior advantage isnp $8.17 ↓ -88%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $8.17 ↓ -88%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $8.17 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $8.17 ↓ -88%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $8.40 ↓ -87%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $8.48 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv peia $8.65 ↓ -87%
alliance coal alliance coal $9.64 ↓ -86%
aetna better health pa chip $9.70 ↓ -85%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $9.99 ↓ -85%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $10.19 ↓ -85%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $10.67 ↓ -84%
upmc for kids chip $10.67 ↓ -84%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $10.67 ↓ -84%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $10.86 ↓ -84%
encova worker's compensation $11.56 ↓ -83%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $11.56 ↓ -83%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $11.64 ↓ -82%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $11.95 ↓ -82%
coventry health care worker's compensation $12.18 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $32.66 ↓ -51%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $32.66 ↓ -51%

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Culture fungi skin/hair/nail at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $19.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $71.00 $5.01 – $12.18
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $23.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $59.50 $7.29 – $12.18
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $98.50 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $73.50 $7.29 – $12.18
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $214.50 $7.29 – $12.18
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $71.50 $7.29 – $44.91

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