Inj cntr knee arthro incl ct/mri 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

$1,304.00

Cash price

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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.

$2,608.00

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.

$22.35 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $145.69 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
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $22.35 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $30.37 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $30.37 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $30.37 ↓ -98%
wellpoint wv chip $30.37 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $30.80 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $30.94 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $30.94 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $30.94 ↓ -98%
aetna better health pa chip $33.25 ↓ -97%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $34.25 ↓ -97%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $34.39 ↓ -97%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $34.39 ↓ -97%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $34.39 ↓ -97%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $34.39 ↓ -97%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $34.39 ↓ -97%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $34.39 ↓ -97%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $34.39 ↓ -97%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $34.91 ↓ -97%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $35.42 ↓ -97%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $35.42 ↓ -97%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $35.77 ↓ -97%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $36.11 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $36.11 ↓ -97%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $36.11 ↓ -97%
humana medicare advantage all plans $36.11 ↓ -97%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $36.11 ↓ -97%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $36.45 ↓ -97%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $36.45 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $36.45 ↓ -97%
wv senior advantage isnp $36.45 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $36.58 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $36.58 ↓ -97%
upmc for kids chip $36.58 ↓ -97%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $37.24 ↓ -97%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $37.49 ↓ -97%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $37.83 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv peia $38.59 ↓ -97%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $39.90 ↓ -97%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $51.58 ↓ -96%
encova worker's compensation $51.58 ↓ -96%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $53.30 ↓ -96%
coventry health care worker's compensation $54.34 ↓ -96%
alliance coal alliance coal $60.18 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $145.69 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $145.69 ↓ -89%

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Inj cntr knee arthro incl ct/mri at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $822.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $92.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $740.00 $22.35 – $60.18
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,454.50 $30.37 – $60.18
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,454.50 $30.37 – $60.18
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $492.50 $30.37 – $200.31
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $523.00 $30.37 – $174.04

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