Cysto, litho, vacuum kidney 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

$8,555.00

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.

$17,110.00

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.

$5,922.74 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $38,602.61 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 $5,922.74 ↓ -31%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $9,111.91 ↑ +7%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $9,111.91 ↑ +7%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $9,111.91 ↑ +7%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $9,111.91 ↑ +7%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $9,111.91 ↑ +7%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $9,111.91 ↑ +7%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $9,111.91 ↑ +7%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $9,385.27 ↑ +10%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $9,385.27 ↑ +10%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $9,476.39 ↑ +11%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $9,567.51 ↑ +12%
humana medicare advantage all plans $9,567.51 ↑ +12%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $9,567.51 ↑ +12%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $9,567.51 ↑ +12%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $9,567.51 ↑ +12%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $9,658.62 ↑ +13%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $9,658.62 ↑ +13%
wv senior advantage isnp $9,658.62 ↑ +13%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $9,658.62 ↑ +13%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $9,931.98 ↑ +16%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $10,023.10 ↑ +17%
the health plan wv peia $10,223.56 ↑ +20%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $13,667.86 ↑ +60%
encova worker's compensation $13,667.86 ↑ +60%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $14,123.46 ↑ +65%
coventry health care worker's compensation $14,396.82 ↑ +68%
alliance coal alliance coal $15,945.84 ↑ +86%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $38,602.61 ↑ +351%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $38,602.61 ↑ +351%

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Cysto, litho, vacuum kidney at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $638.40 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $3,974.50 $9,110.76 – $15,943.83
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $4,222.50 $9,036.26 – $15,813.45
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $4,743.50 $9,036.26 – $45,989.14

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