Gastroesophageal reflux test 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

$409.00

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.

$818.00

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.

$36.29 with highmark health options west va vs $951.83 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 $36.29 ↓ -91%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $36.29 ↓ -91%
wellpoint wv chip $36.29 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $36.81 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $36.98 ↓ -91%
aetna better health wv chip $36.98 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $36.98 ↓ -91%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $137.95 ↓ -66%
highmark health options chip $137.95 ↓ -66%
upmc for kids chip $144.52 ↓ -65%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $144.52 ↓ -65%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $147.15 ↓ -64%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $157.66 ↓ -61%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $233.47 ↓ -43%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $359.18 ↓ -12%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $359.18 ↓ -12%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $359.18 ↓ -12%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $359.18 ↓ -12%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $369.96 ↓ -10%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $373.55 ↓ -9%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $377.14 ↓ -8%
humana medicare advantage all plans $377.14 ↓ -8%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $377.14 ↓ -8%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $377.14 ↓ -8%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $377.14 ↓ -8%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $380.73 ↓ -7%
wv senior advantage isnp $380.73 ↓ -7%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $380.73 ↓ -7%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $380.73 ↓ -7%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $391.51 ↓ -4%
the health plan wv peia $403.00 ↓ -1%
encova worker's compensation $538.77 ↑ +32%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $538.77 ↑ +32%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $538.77 ↑ +32%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $556.73 ↑ +36%
coventry health care worker's compensation $567.50 ↑ +39%
alliance coal alliance coal $951.83 ↑ +133%

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Gastroesophageal reflux test at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $938.50 $36.29 – $673.21
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $938.50 $36.29 – $623.35
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $948.50 $36.29 – $1,802.69

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