Eeg during surgery 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

$859.00

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.

$1,718.00

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.

$33.27 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $216.87 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 $33.27 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $38.61 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $38.61 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $38.61 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $38.61 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $39.16 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv chip $39.34 ↓ -95%
aetna better health wv chip $39.34 ↓ -95%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $39.34 ↓ -95%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $51.19 ↓ -94%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $51.19 ↓ -94%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $51.19 ↓ -94%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $51.19 ↓ -94%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $51.19 ↓ -94%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $51.19 ↓ -94%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $51.19 ↓ -94%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $52.73 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $52.73 ↓ -94%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $53.24 ↓ -94%
humana medicare advantage all plans $53.75 ↓ -94%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $53.75 ↓ -94%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $53.75 ↓ -94%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $53.75 ↓ -94%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $53.75 ↓ -94%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $54.26 ↓ -94%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $54.26 ↓ -94%
wv senior advantage isnp $54.26 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $54.26 ↓ -94%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $55.80 ↓ -94%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $56.31 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv peia $57.44 ↓ -93%
aetna better health pa chip $72.53 ↓ -92%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $74.71 ↓ -91%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $76.16 ↓ -91%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $76.78 ↓ -91%
encova worker's compensation $76.78 ↓ -91%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $79.34 ↓ -91%
upmc for kids chip $79.78 ↓ -91%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $79.78 ↓ -91%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $79.78 ↓ -91%
coventry health care worker's compensation $80.88 ↓ -91%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $81.23 ↓ -91%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $87.04 ↓ -90%
alliance coal alliance coal $89.58 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $216.87 ↓ -75%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $216.87 ↓ -75%

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Eeg during surgery at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $427.00 $38.61 – $89.58
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $427.00 $38.61 – $89.58
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $719.00 $38.61 – $259.07

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