Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 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

$3,466.25

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.

$6,932.50

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.

$25.00 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $1,657.70 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 $25.00 ↓ -99%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $25.00 ↓ -99%
aetna better health pa chip $35.50 ↓ -99%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $36.57 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $37.28 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $37.28 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $39.05 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $39.05 ↓ -99%
upmc for kids chip $39.05 ↓ -99%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $39.76 ↓ -99%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $42.60 ↓ -99%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -94%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $391.29 ↓ -89%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $391.29 ↓ -89%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $391.29 ↓ -89%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $391.29 ↓ -89%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $391.29 ↓ -89%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $391.29 ↓ -89%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $391.29 ↓ -89%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $403.03 ↓ -88%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $406.94 ↓ -88%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $410.85 ↓ -88%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $410.85 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage all plans $410.85 ↓ -88%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $410.85 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $410.85 ↓ -88%
wv senior advantage isnp $414.77 ↓ -88%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $414.77 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $414.77 ↓ -88%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $414.77 ↓ -88%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $426.51 ↓ -88%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $430.42 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv peia $439.03 ↓ -87%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $586.93 ↓ -83%
encova worker's compensation $586.93 ↓ -83%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $606.50 ↓ -83%
coventry health care worker's compensation $618.24 ↓ -82%
alliance coal alliance coal $684.76 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,657.70 ↓ -52%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,657.70 ↓ -52%

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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $591.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $903.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $5,640.00 $37.28 – $679.07
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $561.17 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $876.00 $37.99 – $684.67
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $593.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $552.50 $205.80 – $733.39
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $838.00 not published

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