Cystoscopy & ureter catheter 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

$4,626.00

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.

$9,252.00

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.

$25.00 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $8,524.22 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 $25.00 ↓ -99%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $25.00 ↓ -99%
aetna better health pa chip $116.00 ↓ -97%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $119.48 ↓ -97%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $121.80 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $121.80 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $127.60 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $127.60 ↓ -97%
upmc for kids chip $127.60 ↓ -97%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $129.92 ↓ -97%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $139.20 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -95%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -95%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -95%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $2,012.09 ↓ -57%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $2,012.09 ↓ -57%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $2,012.09 ↓ -57%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $2,012.09 ↓ -57%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $2,012.09 ↓ -57%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $2,012.09 ↓ -57%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $2,012.09 ↓ -57%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $2,072.45 ↓ -55%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $2,092.57 ↓ -55%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $2,112.69 ↓ -54%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $2,112.69 ↓ -54%
humana medicare advantage all plans $2,112.69 ↓ -54%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $2,112.69 ↓ -54%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $2,112.69 ↓ -54%
wv senior advantage isnp $2,132.82 ↓ -54%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $2,132.82 ↓ -54%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $2,132.82 ↓ -54%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $2,132.82 ↓ -54%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $2,193.18 ↓ -53%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $2,213.30 ↓ -52%
the health plan wv peia $2,257.56 ↓ -51%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $3,018.14 ↓ -35%
encova worker's compensation $3,018.14 ↓ -35%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $3,118.74 ↓ -33%
coventry health care worker's compensation $3,179.10 ↓ -31%
alliance coal alliance coal $3,521.16 ↓ -24%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $8,524.22 ↑ +84%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $8,524.22 ↑ +84%

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Cystoscopy & ureter catheter at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $219.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $4,170.50 $121.80 – $3,491.92
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $7,811.00 $124.12 – $3,520.70
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $3,279.50 $205.80 – $3,771.16
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $2,046.17 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $2,481.00 $127.60 – $3,739.86
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $3,743.38 $205.80 – $1,745.98
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $3,694.00 $116.00 – $12,447.52

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