Ghs trypsin (fecal) 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

$12.00

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.

$24.00

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.

$4.75 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $12.11 with geisinger pennsylvania — 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 $4.75 ↓ -60%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $6.90 ↓ -43%
wellpoint wv chip $6.90 ↓ -43%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $6.90 ↓ -43%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.00 ↓ -42%
the health plan wv chip $7.03 ↓ -41%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $7.03 ↓ -41%
aetna better health wv chip $7.03 ↓ -41%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $7.30 ↓ -39%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $7.30 ↓ -39%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $7.30 ↓ -39%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $7.30 ↓ -39%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $7.52 ↓ -37%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $7.59 ↓ -37%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $7.67 ↓ -36%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $7.67 ↓ -36%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $7.67 ↓ -36%
humana medicare advantage all plans $7.67 ↓ -36%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $7.67 ↓ -36%
wv senior advantage isnp $7.74 ↓ -36%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $7.74 ↓ -36%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $7.74 ↓ -36%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $7.74 ↓ -36%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $7.96 ↓ -34%
the health plan wv peia $8.19 ↓ -32%
alliance coal alliance coal $9.12 ↓ -24%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $10.59 ↓ -12%
highmark health options chip $10.59 ↓ -12%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $10.95 ↓ -9%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $10.95 ↓ -9%
encova worker's compensation $10.95 ↓ -9%
upmc for kids chip $11.10 ↓ -8%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $11.10 ↓ -8%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $11.30 ↓ -6%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $11.32 ↓ -6%
coventry health care worker's compensation $11.53 ↓ -4%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $12.11 ↑ +1%

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