Insert pessary/other 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

$364.50

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.

$729.00

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.

$15.15 with aetna better health pa vs $824.42 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 $15.15 ↓ -96%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $15.60 ↓ -96%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $15.91 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $15.91 ↓ -96%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $16.67 ↓ -95%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $16.67 ↓ -95%
upmc for kids chip $16.67 ↓ -95%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $16.97 ↓ -95%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $18.18 ↓ -95%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $25.00 ↓ -93%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $25.00 ↓ -93%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $35.51 ↓ -90%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $35.51 ↓ -90%
wellpoint wv chip $35.51 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $36.02 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv chip $36.19 ↓ -90%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $36.19 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv chip $36.19 ↓ -90%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $194.60 ↓ -47%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $194.60 ↓ -47%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $194.60 ↓ -47%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $194.60 ↓ -47%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $194.60 ↓ -47%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $194.60 ↓ -47%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $194.60 ↓ -47%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $200.44 ↓ -45%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $202.38 ↓ -44%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $204.33 ↓ -44%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $204.33 ↓ -44%
humana medicare advantage all plans $204.33 ↓ -44%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $204.33 ↓ -44%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $204.33 ↓ -44%
wv senior advantage isnp $206.28 ↓ -43%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $206.28 ↓ -43%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $206.28 ↓ -43%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $206.28 ↓ -43%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $212.11 ↓ -42%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $214.06 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv peia $218.34 ↓ -40%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $291.90 ↓ -20%
encova worker's compensation $291.90 ↓ -20%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $301.63 ↓ -17%
coventry health care worker's compensation $307.47 ↓ -16%
alliance coal alliance coal $340.55 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $824.42 ↑ +126%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $824.42 ↑ +126%

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Insert pessary/other device at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $194.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $332.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $280.50 $15.91 – $337.72
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $203.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $245.50 $16.21 – $340.50
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $198.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $232.50 $35.51 – $364.74
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $378.00 not published

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