Dx laryngoscopy newborn 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

$732.00

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$1,464.00

Gross charge

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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.

$105.00 with wellpoint wv vs $1,594.92 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

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 $105.00 ↓ -86%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -86%
highmark health options chip $105.00 ↓ -86%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -86%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -85%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -85%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -85%
aetna better health pa chip $140.88 ↓ -81%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $145.11 ↓ -80%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $147.92 ↓ -80%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $154.97 ↓ -79%
upmc for kids chip $154.97 ↓ -79%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $154.97 ↓ -79%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $157.79 ↓ -78%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $169.06 ↓ -77%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $244.71 ↓ -67%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $376.47 ↓ -49%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $376.47 ↓ -49%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $376.47 ↓ -49%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $376.47 ↓ -49%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $376.47 ↓ -49%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $376.47 ↓ -49%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $376.47 ↓ -49%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $387.76 ↓ -47%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $387.76 ↓ -47%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $391.53 ↓ -47%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $395.29 ↓ -46%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $395.29 ↓ -46%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $395.29 ↓ -46%
humana medicare advantage all plans $395.29 ↓ -46%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $395.29 ↓ -46%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $399.06 ↓ -45%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $399.06 ↓ -45%
wv senior advantage isnp $399.06 ↓ -45%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $399.06 ↓ -45%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $410.35 ↓ -44%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $414.12 ↓ -43%
the health plan wv peia $422.40 ↓ -42%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $564.71 ↓ -23%
encova worker's compensation $564.71 ↓ -23%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $583.53 ↓ -20%
coventry health care worker's compensation $594.82 ↓ -19%
alliance coal alliance coal $658.82 ↓ -10%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,594.92 ↑ +118%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,594.92 ↑ +118%

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Dx laryngoscopy newborn at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $374.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $612.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $459.00 $105.00 – $653.34
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $391.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $474.50 $105.00 – $658.75
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $382.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $470.00 $105.00 – $705.58
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $364.00 not published

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