Esophagoscop ultrasound exam 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

$671.33

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.

$1,342.66

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.

$115.82 with highmark health options west va vs $4,894.63 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 health options west va mgd mcaid $115.82 ↓ -83%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $115.82 ↓ -83%
wellpoint wv chip $115.82 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $117.47 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv chip $118.02 ↓ -82%
aetna better health wv chip $118.02 ↓ -82%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $118.02 ↓ -82%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $172.55 ↓ -74%
highmark health options chip $172.55 ↓ -74%
upmc for kids chip $180.76 ↓ -73%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $180.76 ↓ -73%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $184.05 ↓ -73%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $197.20 ↓ -71%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $1,200.57 ↑ +79%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,847.03 ↑ +175%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,847.03 ↑ +175%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $1,847.03 ↑ +175%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,847.03 ↑ +175%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $1,902.44 ↑ +183%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,920.91 ↑ +186%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,939.38 ↑ +189%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,939.38 ↑ +189%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,939.38 ↑ +189%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,939.38 ↑ +189%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,939.38 ↑ +189%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,957.85 ↑ +192%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,957.85 ↑ +192%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,957.85 ↑ +192%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,957.85 ↑ +192%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $2,013.26 ↑ +200%
the health plan wv peia $2,072.37 ↑ +209%
encova worker's compensation $2,770.54 ↑ +313%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $2,770.54 ↑ +313%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $2,770.54 ↑ +313%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $2,862.90 ↑ +326%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,918.31 ↑ +335%
alliance coal alliance coal $4,894.63 ↑ +629%

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Esophagoscop ultrasound exam at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,370.75 $115.82 – $3,205.48

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