Fo nontorsion joint cf 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

$63.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$126.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$156.75 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $1,021.63 with blue cross blue shield traditional — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $156.75 ↑ +149%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↑ +283%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↑ +283%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↑ +283%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $241.15 ↑ +283%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $241.15 ↑ +283%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↑ +283%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $248.38 ↑ +294%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $248.38 ↑ +294%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $250.80 ↑ +298%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $253.21 ↑ +302%
humana medicare advantage all plans $253.21 ↑ +302%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $253.21 ↑ +302%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $253.21 ↑ +302%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $253.21 ↑ +302%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $255.62 ↑ +306%
wv senior advantage isnp $255.62 ↑ +306%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $255.62 ↑ +306%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $255.62 ↑ +306%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $262.85 ↑ +317%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $265.26 ↑ +321%
the health plan wv peia $270.57 ↑ +329%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $361.73 ↑ +474%
coventry health care worker's compensation $381.02 ↑ +505%
alliance coal alliance coal $422.01 ↑ +570%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,021.63 ↑ +1522%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,021.63 ↑ +1522%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Fo nontorsion joint cf at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $258.50 $241.15 – $422.01
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $258.50 $241.15 – $422.01

All West-virginia hospitals for this procedure →