Exc back tum deep 5 cm/> 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

$4,850.50

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.

$9,701.00

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.

$205.80 with wellpoint west virginia vs $11,844.92 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
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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 west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -96%
aetna better health pa chip $776.00 ↓ -84%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $799.28 ↓ -84%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $814.80 ↓ -83%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $853.60 ↓ -82%
upmc for kids chip $853.60 ↓ -82%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $853.60 ↓ -82%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $931.20 ↓ -81%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $1,817.35 ↓ -63%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $2,795.92 ↓ -42%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $2,795.92 ↓ -42%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $2,795.92 ↓ -42%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $2,795.92 ↓ -42%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $2,795.92 ↓ -42%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $2,795.92 ↓ -42%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $2,795.92 ↓ -42%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $2,879.80 ↓ -41%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $2,879.80 ↓ -41%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $2,907.76 ↓ -40%
humana medicare advantage all plans $2,935.72 ↓ -39%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $2,935.72 ↓ -39%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $2,935.72 ↓ -39%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $2,935.72 ↓ -39%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $2,935.72 ↓ -39%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $2,963.68 ↓ -39%
wv senior advantage isnp $2,963.68 ↓ -39%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $2,963.68 ↓ -39%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $2,963.68 ↓ -39%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,047.55 ↓ -37%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $3,075.51 ↓ -37%
the health plan wv peia $3,137.02 ↓ -35%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $4,193.88 ↓ -14%
encova worker's compensation $4,193.88 ↓ -14%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $4,333.68 ↓ -11%
coventry health care worker's compensation $4,417.55 ↓ -9%
alliance coal alliance coal $4,892.86 ↑ +1%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $11,844.92 ↑ +144%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $11,844.92 ↑ +144%

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Exc back tum deep 5 cm/> at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $808.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,292.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $5,180.50 $205.80 – $4,852.26
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $788.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $4,453.00 $205.80 – $4,892.25
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $823.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $3,341.50 $205.80 – $5,240.27
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $788.50 not published

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