Ghs cricothyroidotomy 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

$379.50

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$759.00

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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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$25.00 with highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage vs $965.84 with blue cross blue shield traditional — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 pa medicare advantage all pla $25.00 ↓ -93%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $25.00 ↓ -93%
aetna better health pa chip $168.69 ↓ -56%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $173.75 ↓ -54%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $177.12 ↓ -53%
highmark health options chip $177.12 ↓ -53%
upmc for kids chip $185.56 ↓ -51%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $185.56 ↓ -51%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $185.56 ↓ -51%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $188.93 ↓ -50%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $202.43 ↓ -47%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $227.98 ↓ -40%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $227.98 ↓ -40%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $227.98 ↓ -40%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $227.98 ↓ -40%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $227.98 ↓ -40%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $227.98 ↓ -40%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $227.98 ↓ -40%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $234.82 ↓ -38%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $237.10 ↓ -38%
humana medicare advantage all plans $239.38 ↓ -37%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $239.38 ↓ -37%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $239.38 ↓ -37%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $239.38 ↓ -37%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $239.38 ↓ -37%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $241.66 ↓ -36%
wv senior advantage isnp $241.66 ↓ -36%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $241.66 ↓ -36%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $241.66 ↓ -36%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $248.50 ↓ -35%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $250.78 ↓ -34%
the health plan wv peia $255.79 ↓ -33%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $257.09 ↓ -32%
wellpoint wv chip $257.09 ↓ -32%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $257.09 ↓ -32%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $260.77 ↓ -31%
the health plan wv chip $261.99 ↓ -31%
aetna better health wv chip $261.99 ↓ -31%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $261.99 ↓ -31%
encova worker's compensation $341.97 ↓ -10%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $341.97 ↓ -10%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $353.37 ↓ -7%
coventry health care worker's compensation $360.21 ↓ -5%
alliance coal alliance coal $398.96 ↑ +5%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $965.84 ↑ +155%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $965.84 ↑ +155%

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Ghs cricothyroidotomy at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $362.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $579.20 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $371.50 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $362.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $371.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $371.50 not published
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $331.50 $168.69 – $1,410.37
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