Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral 2nd level w/image guidance 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

$3,387.00

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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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$6,774.00

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.

$28.48 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $209.72 with the health plan wv — 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 $28.48 ↓ -99%
aetna better health pa chip $41.58 ↓ -99%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $42.83 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $43.66 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $43.66 ↓ -99%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $43.81 ↓ -99%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $43.81 ↓ -99%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $43.81 ↓ -99%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $43.81 ↓ -99%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $43.81 ↓ -99%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $43.81 ↓ -99%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $43.81 ↓ -99%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $45.12 ↓ -99%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $45.12 ↓ -99%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $45.56 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $45.74 ↓ -99%
upmc for kids chip $45.74 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $45.74 ↓ -99%
humana medicare advantage all plans $46.00 ↓ -99%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $46.00 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $46.00 ↓ -99%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $46.00 ↓ -99%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $46.00 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $46.44 ↓ -99%
wv senior advantage isnp $46.44 ↓ -99%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $46.44 ↓ -99%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $46.44 ↓ -99%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $46.57 ↓ -99%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $47.75 ↓ -99%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $48.19 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv peia $49.15 ↓ -99%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $49.90 ↓ -99%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $65.72 ↓ -98%
encova worker's compensation $65.72 ↓ -98%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $67.91 ↓ -98%
coventry health care worker's compensation $69.22 ↓ -98%
alliance coal alliance coal $76.67 ↓ -98%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $185.60 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $185.60 ↓ -95%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -94%

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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral 2nd level w/image guidance at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $438.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $80.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $3,399.00 $28.48 – $209.72
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,710.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,004.00 $43.81 – $209.72
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $818.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $538.50 $43.81 – $209.72
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $1,415.00 not published

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