Ecmo/ecls remove perph cannula 0-5yrs opn 33969 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

$365.00

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.

$730.00

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.

$170.86 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $696.58 with alliance coal — 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 $170.86 ↓ -53%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $208.97 ↓ -43%
wellpoint wv chip $208.97 ↓ -43%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $208.97 ↓ -43%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $211.96 ↓ -42%
the health plan wv chip $212.95 ↓ -42%
aetna better health wv chip $212.95 ↓ -42%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $212.95 ↓ -42%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $262.86 ↓ -28%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $262.86 ↓ -28%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $262.86 ↓ -28%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $262.86 ↓ -28%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $270.75 ↓ -26%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $273.37 ↓ -25%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $276.00 ↓ -24%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $276.00 ↓ -24%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $276.00 ↓ -24%
humana medicare advantage all plans $276.00 ↓ -24%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $276.00 ↓ -24%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $278.63 ↓ -24%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $278.63 ↓ -24%
wv senior advantage isnp $278.63 ↓ -24%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $278.63 ↓ -24%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $286.52 ↓ -22%
the health plan wv peia $294.93 ↓ -19%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $394.29 ↑ +8%
encova worker's compensation $394.29 ↑ +8%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $394.29 ↑ +8%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $407.43 ↑ +12%
coventry health care worker's compensation $415.32 ↑ +14%
alliance coal alliance coal $696.58 ↑ +91%

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