Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 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

$1,995.50

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.

$3,991.00

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 $2,878.45 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 $37.00 ↓ -98%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $38.11 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $38.85 ↓ -98%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $38.85 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $40.70 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $40.70 ↓ -98%
upmc for kids chip $40.70 ↓ -98%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $41.44 ↓ -98%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $44.40 ↓ -98%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -90%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -89%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -89%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $679.44 ↓ -66%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $679.44 ↓ -66%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $679.44 ↓ -66%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $679.44 ↓ -66%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $679.44 ↓ -66%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $679.44 ↓ -66%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $679.44 ↓ -66%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $699.82 ↓ -65%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $706.62 ↓ -65%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $713.41 ↓ -64%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $713.41 ↓ -64%
humana medicare advantage all plans $713.41 ↓ -64%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $713.41 ↓ -64%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $713.41 ↓ -64%
wv senior advantage isnp $720.21 ↓ -64%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $720.21 ↓ -64%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $720.21 ↓ -64%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $720.21 ↓ -64%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $740.59 ↓ -63%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $747.38 ↓ -63%
the health plan wv peia $762.33 ↓ -62%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,019.16 ↓ -49%
encova worker's compensation $1,019.16 ↓ -49%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,053.13 ↓ -47%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,073.52 ↓ -46%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,189.02 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,878.45 ↑ +44%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,878.45 ↑ +44%

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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $102.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,595.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,554.00 $38.85 – $1,179.15
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $968.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,341.50 $39.59 – $594.44
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $1,269.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,246.50 $205.80 – $1,273.44
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $624.00 not published

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