Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 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

$538.50

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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$1,077.00

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.

$29.34 with wellpoint wv vs $973.00 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
wellpoint wv chip $29.34 ↓ -95%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $29.34 ↓ -95%
highmark health options chip $29.34 ↓ -95%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $29.34 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $29.76 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $29.90 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $29.90 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $29.90 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $149.29 ↓ -72%
aetna better health pa chip $173.97 ↓ -68%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $179.19 ↓ -67%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $182.67 ↓ -66%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $191.37 ↓ -64%
upmc for kids chip $191.37 ↓ -64%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $191.37 ↓ -64%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $194.85 ↓ -64%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $208.76 ↓ -61%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $229.67 ↓ -57%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $229.67 ↓ -57%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $229.67 ↓ -57%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $229.67 ↓ -57%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $229.67 ↓ -57%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $229.67 ↓ -57%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $229.67 ↓ -57%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $236.56 ↓ -56%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $236.56 ↓ -56%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $238.86 ↓ -56%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $241.15 ↓ -55%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $241.15 ↓ -55%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↓ -55%
humana medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↓ -55%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↓ -55%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $243.45 ↓ -55%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $243.45 ↓ -55%
wv senior advantage isnp $243.45 ↓ -55%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $243.45 ↓ -55%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $250.34 ↓ -54%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $252.64 ↓ -53%
the health plan wv peia $257.69 ↓ -52%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $344.50 ↓ -36%
encova worker's compensation $344.50 ↓ -36%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $355.99 ↓ -34%
coventry health care worker's compensation $362.88 ↓ -33%
alliance coal alliance coal $401.92 ↓ -25%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $973.00 ↑ +81%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $973.00 ↑ +81%

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Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $569.00 $29.34 – $398.58
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $306.00 $29.34 – $430.46
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $344.50 $29.34 – $426.88
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $424.50 $29.34 – $398.58
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $840.50 $29.34 – $1,420.79
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $467.00 $29.34 – $1,152.67
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $613.50 $29.34 – $1,159.16
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $356.40 $208.44 – $1,042.03

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