Excise lip or cheek fold 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

$2,457.50

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.

$4,915.00

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 $6,327.13 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -92%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -91%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $970.76 ↓ -60%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,493.48 ↓ -39%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,493.48 ↓ -39%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $1,493.48 ↓ -39%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,493.48 ↓ -39%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $1,493.48 ↓ -39%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $1,493.48 ↓ -39%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,493.48 ↓ -39%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $1,538.28 ↓ -37%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $1,538.28 ↓ -37%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,553.22 ↓ -37%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $1,568.15 ↓ -36%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,568.15 ↓ -36%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,568.15 ↓ -36%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,568.15 ↓ -36%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,568.15 ↓ -36%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,583.09 ↓ -36%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,583.09 ↓ -36%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,583.09 ↓ -36%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,583.09 ↓ -36%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,627.89 ↓ -34%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,642.83 ↓ -33%
the health plan wv peia $1,675.68 ↓ -32%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $2,240.22 ↓ -9%
encova worker's compensation $2,240.22 ↓ -9%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $2,314.89 ↓ -6%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,359.70 ↓ -4%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,613.59 ↑ +6%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $6,327.13 ↑ +157%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $6,327.13 ↑ +157%

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Excise lip or cheek fold at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $2,623.50 $205.80 – $2,591.89
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,783.50 $205.80 – $2,613.26
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,783.50 $205.80 – $2,799.14
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $1,822.00 $205.80 – $2,775.90
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,981.50 $205.80 – $2,591.89
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $3,391.00 $205.80 – $9,239.16
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $3,668.00 $205.80 – $7,537.81
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $315.60 $147.72 – $177.97

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