Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$417.00

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.

$834.00

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.

$24.19 with highmark health options vs $867.34 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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 health options chip $24.19 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $24.19 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $24.19 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $24.19 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $24.54 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $24.65 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $24.65 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $24.65 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $25.00 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $25.00 ↓ -94%
aetna better health pa chip $31.02 ↓ -93%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $31.95 ↓ -92%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $32.57 ↓ -92%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $34.12 ↓ -92%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $34.12 ↓ -92%
upmc for kids chip $34.12 ↓ -92%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $34.74 ↓ -92%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $37.22 ↓ -91%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $81.89 ↓ -80%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $81.89 ↓ -80%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $81.89 ↓ -80%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $81.89 ↓ -80%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $85.17 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $85.98 ↓ -79%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $85.98 ↓ -79%
humana medicare advantage all plans $85.98 ↓ -79%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $85.98 ↓ -79%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $85.98 ↓ -79%
wv senior advantage isnp $86.80 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $86.80 ↓ -79%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $86.80 ↓ -79%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $86.80 ↓ -79%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $89.26 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv peia $91.88 ↓ -78%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $122.84 ↓ -71%
encova worker's compensation $122.84 ↓ -71%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $122.84 ↓ -71%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $126.93 ↓ -70%
coventry health care worker's compensation $129.39 ↓ -69%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $204.73 ↓ -51%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $204.73 ↓ -51%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $210.87 ↓ -49%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $214.97 ↓ -48%
alliance coal alliance coal $217.01 ↓ -48%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $867.34 ↑ +108%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $867.34 ↑ +108%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $261.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $455.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $533.50 $24.19 – $355.32
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $272.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $417.00 $24.19 – $358.24
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $204.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $429.50 $24.19 – $383.72
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $172.50 not published

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