Ghs st - eval for alt comm 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

$91.00

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.

$182.00

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.

$7.72 with wellpoint west virginia vs $60.92 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
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $7.72 ↓ -92%
highmark health options chip $7.72 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $7.72 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $7.72 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.83 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $7.86 ↓ -91%
aetna better health wv chip $7.86 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $7.86 ↓ -91%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $9.35 ↓ -90%
aetna better health pa chip $12.00 ↓ -87%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $12.36 ↓ -86%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $12.60 ↓ -86%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $13.20 ↓ -85%
upmc for kids chip $13.20 ↓ -85%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $13.20 ↓ -85%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $13.44 ↓ -85%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $14.38 ↓ -84%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $14.38 ↓ -84%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $14.38 ↓ -84%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $14.38 ↓ -84%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $14.38 ↓ -84%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $14.38 ↓ -84%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $14.40 ↓ -84%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $14.81 ↓ -84%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $14.81 ↓ -84%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $14.96 ↓ -84%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $15.10 ↓ -83%
humana medicare advantage all plans $15.10 ↓ -83%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $15.10 ↓ -83%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $15.10 ↓ -83%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $15.10 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $15.24 ↓ -83%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $15.24 ↓ -83%
wv senior advantage isnp $15.24 ↓ -83%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $15.24 ↓ -83%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $15.67 ↓ -83%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $15.82 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv peia $16.13 ↓ -82%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $17.97 ↓ -80%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $21.57 ↓ -76%
coventry health care worker's compensation $22.72 ↓ -75%
alliance coal alliance coal $25.16 ↓ -72%
encova worker's compensation $26.95 ↓ -70%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $27.85 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $60.92 ↓ -33%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $60.92 ↓ -33%

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Ghs st - eval for alt comm at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $10.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $16.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $77.00 $7.72 – $62.39
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $11.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $49.00 $7.72 – $25.16
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $10.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $52.50 $7.72 – $67.37
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $11.50 not published

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