Implant neuroelectrodes 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

$17,995.00

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.

$35,990.00

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.

$205.80 with wellpoint west virginia vs $79,110.37 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 $205.80 ↓ -99%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -99%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -99%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -99%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -99%
aetna better health pa chip $776.00 ↓ -96%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $799.28 ↓ -96%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $814.80 ↓ -95%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $853.60 ↓ -95%
upmc for kids chip $853.60 ↓ -95%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $853.60 ↓ -95%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $931.20 ↓ -95%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $12,137.79 ↓ -33%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $18,673.52 ↑ +4%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $18,673.52 ↑ +4%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $18,673.52 ↑ +4%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $18,673.52 ↑ +4%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $18,673.52 ↑ +4%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $18,673.52 ↑ +4%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $18,673.52 ↑ +4%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $19,233.73 ↑ +7%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $19,233.73 ↑ +7%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $19,420.46 ↑ +8%
humana medicare advantage all plans $19,607.20 ↑ +9%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $19,607.20 ↑ +9%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $19,607.20 ↑ +9%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $19,607.20 ↑ +9%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $19,607.20 ↑ +9%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $19,793.93 ↑ +10%
wv senior advantage isnp $19,793.93 ↑ +10%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $19,793.93 ↑ +10%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $19,793.93 ↑ +10%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $20,354.14 ↑ +13%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $20,540.87 ↑ +14%
the health plan wv peia $20,951.69 ↑ +16%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $28,010.28 ↑ +56%
encova worker's compensation $28,010.28 ↑ +56%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $28,943.96 ↑ +61%
coventry health care worker's compensation $29,504.16 ↑ +64%
alliance coal alliance coal $32,678.66 ↑ +82%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $79,110.37 ↑ +340%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $79,110.37 ↑ +340%

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Implant neuroelectrodes at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $20,654.50 $205.80 – $32,407.38
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $5,237.00 $205.80 – $93,720.28

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