Inj disk cerv-thor ea lev 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

$550.50

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.

$1,101.00

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.

$80.00 with aetna better health pa vs $563.58 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
aetna better health pa chip $80.00 ↓ -85%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $82.40 ↓ -85%
highmark health options chip $84.00 ↓ -85%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $84.00 ↓ -85%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $86.47 ↓ -84%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $88.00 ↓ -84%
upmc for kids chip $88.00 ↓ -84%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $88.00 ↓ -84%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $89.60 ↓ -84%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $96.00 ↓ -83%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $107.57 ↓ -80%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $107.57 ↓ -80%
wellpoint wv chip $107.57 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $109.11 ↓ -80%
aetna better health wv chip $109.62 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv chip $109.62 ↓ -80%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $109.62 ↓ -80%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $133.03 ↓ -76%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $133.03 ↓ -76%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $133.03 ↓ -76%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $133.03 ↓ -76%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $133.03 ↓ -76%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $133.03 ↓ -76%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $133.03 ↓ -76%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $137.02 ↓ -75%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $137.02 ↓ -75%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $138.35 ↓ -75%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $139.68 ↓ -75%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $139.68 ↓ -75%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $139.68 ↓ -75%
humana medicare advantage all plans $139.68 ↓ -75%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $139.68 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $141.01 ↓ -74%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $141.01 ↓ -74%
wv senior advantage isnp $141.01 ↓ -74%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $141.01 ↓ -74%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $145.00 ↓ -74%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $146.33 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv peia $149.26 ↓ -73%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $199.54 ↓ -64%
encova worker's compensation $199.54 ↓ -64%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $206.20 ↓ -63%
coventry health care worker's compensation $210.19 ↓ -62%
alliance coal alliance coal $232.80 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $563.58 ↑ +2%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $563.58 ↑ +2%

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Inj disk cerv-thor ea lev at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $230.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $244.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $301.50 $84.00 – $232.80
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $236.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $329.00 $85.60 – $232.80
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $219.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $305.00 $107.57 – $232.80
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $219.50 not published

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