Incise inner ear 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

$2,693.00

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.

$5,386.00

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 $3,957.72 with alliance coal — 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 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $970.76 ↓ -64%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,493.48 ↓ -45%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $1,493.48 ↓ -45%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,493.48 ↓ -45%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,493.48 ↓ -45%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $1,538.28 ↓ -43%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,553.22 ↓ -42%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,568.15 ↓ -42%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,568.15 ↓ -42%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,568.15 ↓ -42%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,568.15 ↓ -42%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,568.15 ↓ -42%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,583.09 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,583.09 ↓ -41%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,583.09 ↓ -41%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,583.09 ↓ -41%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,627.89 ↓ -40%
the health plan wv peia $1,675.68 ↓ -38%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $2,240.22 ↓ -17%
encova worker's compensation $2,240.22 ↓ -17%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $2,240.22 ↓ -17%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $2,314.89 ↓ -14%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,359.70 ↓ -12%
alliance coal alliance coal $3,957.72 ↑ +47%

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Incise inner ear at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,903.50 $205.80 – $1,045.31
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,783.50 $205.80 – $2,799.14
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,783.50 $205.80 – $2,591.89
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $908.00 $205.80 – $9,239.16
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $2,790.00 $205.80 – $7,495.60
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $239.00 $205.80 – $7,537.81

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