Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$8,394.35

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.

$16,788.69

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.

$1.90 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $12.37 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 $1.90 ↓ -100%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $2.92 ↓ -100%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $2.92 ↓ -100%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $2.92 ↓ -100%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $2.92 ↓ -100%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $2.92 ↓ -100%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $2.92 ↓ -100%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $2.92 ↓ -100%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $3.01 ↓ -100%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $3.01 ↓ -100%
aetna better health pa chip $3.02 ↓ -100%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $3.04 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3.07 ↓ -100%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3.07 ↓ -100%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3.07 ↓ -100%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $3.07 ↓ -100%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $3.07 ↓ -100%
wv senior advantage isnp $3.10 ↓ -100%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $3.10 ↓ -100%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $3.10 ↓ -100%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3.10 ↓ -100%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3.18 ↓ -100%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $3.21 ↓ -100%
the health plan wv peia $3.28 ↓ -100%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $4.38 ↓ -100%
encova worker's compensation $4.38 ↓ -100%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $4.53 ↓ -100%
coventry health care worker's compensation $4.61 ↓ -100%
united healthcare united healthcare $4.83 ↓ -100%
alliance coal alliance coal $5.11 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $12.37 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $12.37 ↓ -100%

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,900.13 $4.83 – $4.83
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $5,036.61 $1.90 – $5.11
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $8,394.35 $2.92 – $5.11
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $279.82 $4.83 – $4.83
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $8,394.35 $2.92 – $14.78
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $12,903.60 $2.93 – $2.93

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