Ghs urine, hydroxproline total 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

$79.00

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.

$158.00

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.

$15.79 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $38.39 with coventry health care — 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 $15.79 ↓ -80%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $22.96 ↓ -71%
wellpoint wv chip $22.96 ↓ -71%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $22.96 ↓ -71%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $23.29 ↓ -71%
the health plan wv chip $23.40 ↓ -70%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $23.40 ↓ -70%
aetna better health wv chip $23.40 ↓ -70%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $24.30 ↓ -69%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $24.30 ↓ -69%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $24.30 ↓ -69%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $24.30 ↓ -69%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $25.03 ↓ -68%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $25.27 ↓ -68%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $25.52 ↓ -68%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $25.52 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $25.52 ↓ -68%
humana medicare advantage all plans $25.52 ↓ -68%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $25.52 ↓ -68%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $25.76 ↓ -67%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $25.76 ↓ -67%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $25.76 ↓ -67%
wv senior advantage isnp $25.76 ↓ -67%
highmark health options chip $26.25 ↓ -67%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $26.25 ↓ -67%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $26.49 ↓ -66%
the health plan wv peia $27.26 ↓ -65%
upmc for kids chip $27.50 ↓ -65%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $27.50 ↓ -65%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $28.00 ↓ -65%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $30.00 ↓ -62%
alliance coal alliance coal $30.38 ↓ -62%
encova worker's compensation $36.45 ↓ -54%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $36.45 ↓ -54%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $36.45 ↓ -54%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $37.66 ↓ -52%
coventry health care worker's compensation $38.39 ↓ -51%

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