Gardner vag dna quant 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

$54.50

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.

$109.00

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.

$27.14 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $176.92 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
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $27.14 ↓ -50%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $39.46 ↓ -28%
wellpoint wv chip $39.46 ↓ -28%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $39.46 ↓ -28%
highmark health options chip $39.46 ↓ -28%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $40.02 ↓ -27%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $40.21 ↓ -26%
the health plan wv chip $40.21 ↓ -26%
aetna better health wv chip $40.21 ↓ -26%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $41.76 ↓ -23%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $41.76 ↓ -23%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $41.76 ↓ -23%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $41.76 ↓ -23%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $41.76 ↓ -23%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $41.76 ↓ -23%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $41.76 ↓ -23%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $43.01 ↓ -21%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $43.01 ↓ -21%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $43.43 ↓ -20%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $43.85 ↓ -20%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $43.85 ↓ -20%
humana medicare advantage all plans $43.85 ↓ -20%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $43.85 ↓ -20%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $43.85 ↓ -20%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $44.27 ↓ -19%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $44.27 ↓ -19%
wv senior advantage isnp $44.27 ↓ -19%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $44.27 ↓ -19%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $45.52 ↓ -16%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $45.94 ↓ -16%
the health plan wv peia $46.85 ↓ -14%
alliance coal alliance coal $52.20 ↓ -4%
aetna better health pa chip $59.17 ↑ +9%
encova worker's compensation $62.64 ↑ +15%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $62.64 ↑ +15%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $64.73 ↑ +19%
coventry health care worker's compensation $65.98 ↑ +21%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $176.92 ↑ +225%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $176.92 ↑ +225%

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Gardner vag dna quant at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $43.00 $27.14 – $65.98
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $43.00 $39.46 – $65.98
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $43.00 $39.46 – $65.98
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $43.00 $39.46 – $65.98
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $43.00 $39.46 – $65.98
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $245.00 $39.46 – $211.34

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