Gi wireless capsule measure 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

$1,352.50

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.

$2,705.00

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.

$76.94 with wellpoint west virginia vs $3,698.51 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
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $76.94 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $76.94 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $76.94 ↓ -94%
highmark health options chip $76.94 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $78.04 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $78.41 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $78.41 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $78.41 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $567.46 ↓ -58%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $873.01 ↓ -35%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $873.01 ↓ -35%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $873.01 ↓ -35%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $873.01 ↓ -35%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $873.01 ↓ -35%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $873.01 ↓ -35%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $873.01 ↓ -35%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $899.20 ↓ -34%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $899.20 ↓ -34%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $907.93 ↓ -33%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $916.66 ↓ -32%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $916.66 ↓ -32%
humana medicare advantage all plans $916.66 ↓ -32%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $916.66 ↓ -32%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $916.66 ↓ -32%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $925.39 ↓ -32%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $925.39 ↓ -32%
wv senior advantage isnp $925.39 ↓ -32%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $925.39 ↓ -32%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $951.58 ↓ -30%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $960.31 ↓ -29%
the health plan wv peia $979.52 ↓ -28%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,309.52 ↓ -3%
encova worker's compensation $1,309.52 ↓ -3%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,353.17 ↑ +0%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,379.36 ↑ +2%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,527.77 ↑ +13%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $3,698.51 ↑ +173%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $3,698.51 ↑ +173%

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Gi wireless capsule measure at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,020.50 $76.94 – $1,515.10
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,042.50 $76.94 – $1,527.58
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,182.50 $76.94 – $1,636.25
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $809.50 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $1,020.50 $76.94 – $1,622.65
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,182.50 $76.94 – $1,515.10
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $1,042.50 $76.94 – $5,400.74
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,054.50 $76.94 – $4,381.58

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