Ghs inj transforaminal cerv ea add bil 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

$1,193.00

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.

$2,386.00

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.

$34.66 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $225.93 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 $34.66 ↓ -97%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $53.33 ↓ -96%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $53.33 ↓ -96%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $53.33 ↓ -96%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $53.33 ↓ -96%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $53.33 ↓ -96%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $53.33 ↓ -96%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $53.33 ↓ -96%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $54.93 ↓ -95%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $54.93 ↓ -95%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $55.46 ↓ -95%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $56.00 ↓ -95%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $56.00 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $56.00 ↓ -95%
humana medicare advantage all plans $56.00 ↓ -95%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $56.00 ↓ -95%
wv senior advantage isnp $56.53 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $56.53 ↓ -95%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $56.53 ↓ -95%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $56.53 ↓ -95%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $58.13 ↓ -95%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $58.66 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv peia $59.84 ↓ -95%
aetna better health pa chip $70.34 ↓ -94%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $72.45 ↓ -94%
highmark health options chip $73.86 ↓ -94%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $73.86 ↓ -94%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $77.37 ↓ -94%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $77.37 ↓ -94%
upmc for kids chip $77.37 ↓ -94%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $78.78 ↓ -93%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $80.00 ↓ -93%
encova worker's compensation $80.00 ↓ -93%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $82.66 ↓ -93%
coventry health care worker's compensation $84.26 ↓ -93%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $84.41 ↓ -93%
alliance coal alliance coal $93.33 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -91%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↓ -91%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -91%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $225.93 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $225.93 ↓ -81%

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Ghs inj transforaminal cerv ea add bil at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $438.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $97.60 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $64.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $61.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $904.50 $53.33 – $107.00
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $64.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $61.00 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $904.50 $53.33 – $107.00

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