Insert intracorporeal device 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

$4,117.00

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.

$8,234.00

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.

$1,212.89 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $4,944.87 with alliance coal — 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 $1,212.89 ↓ -71%
wellpoint wv chip $1,503.46 ↓ -63%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $1,503.46 ↓ -63%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $1,503.46 ↓ -63%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $1,524.94 ↓ -63%
the health plan wv chip $1,532.10 ↓ -63%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $1,532.10 ↓ -63%
aetna better health wv chip $1,532.10 ↓ -63%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,865.99 ↓ -55%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,865.99 ↓ -55%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,865.99 ↓ -55%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $1,865.99 ↓ -55%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $1,921.97 ↓ -53%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,940.63 ↓ -53%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,959.29 ↓ -52%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,959.29 ↓ -52%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,959.29 ↓ -52%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,959.29 ↓ -52%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,959.29 ↓ -52%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,977.95 ↓ -52%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,977.95 ↓ -52%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,977.95 ↓ -52%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,977.95 ↓ -52%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $2,033.93 ↓ -51%
the health plan wv peia $2,093.64 ↓ -49%
encova worker's compensation $2,798.98 ↓ -32%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $2,798.98 ↓ -32%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $2,798.98 ↓ -32%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $2,892.28 ↓ -30%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,948.26 ↓ -28%
alliance coal alliance coal $4,944.87 ↑ +20%

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