Gel-one 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

$2,228.00

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.

$4,456.00

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.

$346.83 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $2,260.55 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
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $346.83 ↓ -84%
aetna better health pa chip $528.05 ↓ -76%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $533.59 ↓ -76%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $533.59 ↓ -76%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $533.59 ↓ -76%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $533.59 ↓ -76%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $533.59 ↓ -76%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $533.59 ↓ -76%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $533.59 ↓ -76%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $549.60 ↓ -75%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $549.60 ↓ -75%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $554.93 ↓ -75%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $560.27 ↓ -75%
humana medicare advantage all plans $560.27 ↓ -75%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $560.27 ↓ -75%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $560.27 ↓ -75%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $560.27 ↓ -75%
wv senior advantage isnp $565.61 ↓ -75%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $565.61 ↓ -75%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $565.61 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $565.61 ↓ -75%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $581.61 ↓ -74%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $586.95 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv peia $598.69 ↓ -73%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $800.38 ↓ -64%
encova worker's compensation $800.38 ↓ -64%
united healthcare united healthcare $820.53 ↓ -63%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $827.06 ↓ -63%
coventry health care worker's compensation $843.07 ↓ -62%
alliance coal alliance coal $933.78 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,260.55 ↑ +1%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,260.55 ↑ +1%

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Gel-one at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $742.50 $820.53 – $820.53
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,188.00 $820.53 – $820.53
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,114.00 $346.83 – $933.78
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $742.50 $820.53 – $820.53
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,114.00 $533.59 – $933.78
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $742.50 $820.53 – $820.53
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,114.00 $533.59 – $933.78
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $742.50 $820.53 – $820.53

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