Drug assay caffeine 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

$170.00

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.

$340.00

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.

$15.44 with aetna better health pa vs $163.40 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 $15.44 ↓ -91%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $15.90 ↓ -91%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $16.21 ↓ -90%
highmark health options chip $16.21 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $16.98 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $16.98 ↓ -90%
upmc for kids chip $16.98 ↓ -90%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $17.29 ↓ -90%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $18.53 ↓ -89%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $25.07 ↓ -85%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $36.45 ↓ -79%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $36.45 ↓ -79%
wellpoint wv chip $36.45 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $36.97 ↓ -78%
aetna better health wv chip $37.14 ↓ -78%
the health plan wv chip $37.14 ↓ -78%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $37.14 ↓ -78%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $38.57 ↓ -77%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $38.57 ↓ -77%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $38.57 ↓ -77%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $38.57 ↓ -77%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $38.57 ↓ -77%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $38.57 ↓ -77%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $38.57 ↓ -77%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $39.73 ↓ -77%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $39.73 ↓ -77%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $40.11 ↓ -76%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $40.50 ↓ -76%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $40.50 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage all plans $40.50 ↓ -76%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $40.50 ↓ -76%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $40.50 ↓ -76%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $40.88 ↓ -76%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $40.88 ↓ -76%
wv senior advantage isnp $40.88 ↓ -76%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $40.88 ↓ -76%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $42.04 ↓ -75%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $42.43 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv peia $43.28 ↓ -75%
alliance coal alliance coal $48.21 ↓ -72%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $57.86 ↓ -66%
encova worker's compensation $57.86 ↓ -66%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $59.78 ↓ -65%
coventry health care worker's compensation $60.94 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $163.40 ↓ -4%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $163.40 ↓ -4%

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Drug assay caffeine at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $104.50 $16.52 – $60.94
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $42.00 $36.45 – $60.94
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $42.00 $36.45 – $60.94
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $73.50 $15.44 – $224.65

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