Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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

$291.00

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.

$582.00

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.

$5.22 with aetna better health pa vs $41.90 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 $5.22 ↓ -98%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $5.38 ↓ -98%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $5.48 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $5.48 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $5.74 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $5.74 ↓ -98%
upmc for kids chip $5.74 ↓ -98%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $5.85 ↓ -98%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $6.26 ↓ -98%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $6.43 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $9.35 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $9.35 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $9.35 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $9.48 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $9.52 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $9.52 ↓ -97%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $9.52 ↓ -97%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $9.89 ↓ -97%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $9.89 ↓ -97%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $9.89 ↓ -97%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $9.89 ↓ -97%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $9.89 ↓ -97%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $9.89 ↓ -97%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $9.89 ↓ -97%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $10.19 ↓ -96%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $10.19 ↓ -96%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $10.29 ↓ -96%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $10.38 ↓ -96%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $10.38 ↓ -96%
humana medicare advantage all plans $10.38 ↓ -96%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $10.38 ↓ -96%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $10.38 ↓ -96%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $10.48 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $10.48 ↓ -96%
wv senior advantage isnp $10.48 ↓ -96%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $10.48 ↓ -96%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $10.78 ↓ -96%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $10.88 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv peia $11.10 ↓ -96%
alliance coal alliance coal $12.36 ↓ -96%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $14.84 ↓ -95%
encova worker's compensation $14.84 ↓ -95%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $15.33 ↓ -95%
coventry health care worker's compensation $15.63 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $41.90 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $41.90 ↓ -86%

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Culture quantitative aerobic other source at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $128.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $163.00 $5.59 – $15.63
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $132.50 $9.35 – $15.63
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $147.00 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $262.00 $9.35 – $15.63
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $123.50 $9.35 – $50.05
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $145.50 $5.22 – $50.33

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