Inj proc elbow arthro 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

$22,367.00

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$44,734.00

Gross charge

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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.

$35.00 with aetna better health pa vs $240.63 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 $35.00 ↓ -100%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $36.05 ↓ -100%
highmark health options chip $36.75 ↓ -100%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $36.75 ↓ -100%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $36.92 ↓ -100%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $38.50 ↓ -100%
upmc for kids chip $38.50 ↓ -100%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $38.50 ↓ -100%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $39.20 ↓ -100%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $42.00 ↓ -100%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $49.93 ↓ -100%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $49.93 ↓ -100%
wellpoint wv chip $49.93 ↓ -100%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $50.64 ↓ -100%
aetna better health wv chip $50.88 ↓ -100%
the health plan wv chip $50.88 ↓ -100%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $50.88 ↓ -100%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $56.80 ↓ -100%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $56.80 ↓ -100%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $56.80 ↓ -100%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $56.80 ↓ -100%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $56.80 ↓ -100%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $56.80 ↓ -100%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $56.80 ↓ -100%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $58.50 ↓ -100%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $58.50 ↓ -100%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $59.07 ↓ -100%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $59.64 ↓ -100%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $59.64 ↓ -100%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $59.64 ↓ -100%
humana medicare advantage all plans $59.64 ↓ -100%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $59.64 ↓ -100%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $60.21 ↓ -100%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $60.21 ↓ -100%
wv senior advantage isnp $60.21 ↓ -100%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $60.21 ↓ -100%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $61.91 ↓ -100%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $62.48 ↓ -100%
the health plan wv peia $63.73 ↓ -100%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $85.20 ↓ -100%
encova worker's compensation $85.20 ↓ -100%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $88.04 ↓ -100%
coventry health care worker's compensation $89.74 ↓ -100%
alliance coal alliance coal $99.40 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $240.63 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $240.63 ↓ -99%

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Inj proc elbow arthro at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $457.50 $36.75 – $99.40
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $374.50 $49.93 – $99.40
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $374.50 $49.93 – $99.40
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $529.50 $35.00 – $330.84
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $197.00 $49.93 – $287.46

All West-virginia hospitals for this procedure →