Insert lens prosthesis 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

$4,976.33

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.

$9,952.66

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.

$205.80 with highmark health options west va vs $5,886.68 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 health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -96%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $613.13 ↓ -88%
highmark health options chip $613.13 ↓ -88%
upmc for kids chip $642.32 ↓ -87%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $642.32 ↓ -87%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $654.00 ↓ -87%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $700.72 ↓ -86%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $1,443.90 ↓ -71%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $2,221.39 ↓ -55%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $2,221.39 ↓ -55%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $2,221.39 ↓ -55%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $2,221.39 ↓ -55%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $2,288.03 ↓ -54%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $2,310.25 ↓ -54%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $2,332.46 ↓ -53%
humana medicare advantage all plans $2,332.46 ↓ -53%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $2,332.46 ↓ -53%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $2,332.46 ↓ -53%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $2,332.46 ↓ -53%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $2,354.67 ↓ -53%
wv senior advantage isnp $2,354.67 ↓ -53%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $2,354.67 ↓ -53%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $2,354.67 ↓ -53%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $2,421.32 ↓ -51%
the health plan wv peia $2,492.40 ↓ -50%
encova worker's compensation $3,332.08 ↓ -33%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $3,332.08 ↓ -33%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $3,332.08 ↓ -33%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $3,443.15 ↓ -31%
coventry health care worker's compensation $3,509.80 ↓ -29%
alliance coal alliance coal $5,886.68 ↑ +18%

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Insert lens prosthesis at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,152.80 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $765.50 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $720.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $765.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $720.50 not published
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $720.50 not published
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $3,113.00 $2,202.94 – $11,148.86

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