Egd dilate stricture 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

$1,356.00

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.

$2,712.00

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.

$163.82 with aetna better health pa vs $7,824.94 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 $163.82 ↓ -88%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $168.73 ↓ -88%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $172.01 ↓ -87%
highmark health options chip $172.01 ↓ -87%
upmc for kids chip $180.20 ↓ -87%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $180.20 ↓ -87%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $180.20 ↓ -87%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $183.48 ↓ -86%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $196.58 ↓ -86%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -85%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -85%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -85%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -85%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -85%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $1,200.57 ↓ -11%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $1,847.03 ↑ +36%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,847.03 ↑ +36%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,847.03 ↑ +36%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,847.03 ↑ +36%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,847.03 ↑ +36%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $1,847.03 ↑ +36%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $1,847.03 ↑ +36%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $1,902.44 ↑ +40%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $1,902.44 ↑ +40%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,920.91 ↑ +42%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $1,939.38 ↑ +43%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,939.38 ↑ +43%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,939.38 ↑ +43%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,939.38 ↑ +43%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,939.38 ↑ +43%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,957.85 ↑ +44%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,957.85 ↑ +44%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,957.85 ↑ +44%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,957.85 ↑ +44%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $2,013.26 ↑ +48%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $2,031.73 ↑ +50%
the health plan wv peia $2,072.37 ↑ +53%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $2,770.54 ↑ +104%
encova worker's compensation $2,770.54 ↑ +104%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $2,862.90 ↑ +111%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,918.31 ↑ +115%
alliance coal alliance coal $3,232.30 ↑ +138%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $7,824.94 ↑ +477%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $7,824.94 ↑ +477%

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Egd dilate stricture at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $288.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $345.67 $172.01 – $3,205.48
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $732.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $2,315.50 $175.29 – $3,231.92
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $180.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $788.67 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $180.50 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,152.51 $205.80 – $3,205.48

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