Lap insert tunnel ip cath 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

$4,582.00

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.

$9,164.00

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.

$205.80 with highmark health options west va vs $24,652.66 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
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -95%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -95%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -95%
aetna better health pa chip $776.00 ↓ -83%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $799.28 ↓ -83%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $853.60 ↓ -81%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $931.20 ↓ -80%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $3,782.42 ↓ -17%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $5,819.11 ↑ +27%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $5,819.11 ↑ +27%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5,819.11 ↑ +27%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $5,819.11 ↑ +27%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $5,819.11 ↑ +27%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $5,819.11 ↑ +27%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $5,993.68 ↑ +31%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $5,993.68 ↑ +31%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $6,051.87 ↑ +32%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $6,110.07 ↑ +33%
humana medicare advantage all plans $6,110.07 ↑ +33%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $6,110.07 ↑ +33%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $6,110.07 ↑ +33%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $6,110.07 ↑ +33%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $6,168.26 ↑ +35%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $6,168.26 ↑ +35%
wv senior advantage isnp $6,168.26 ↑ +35%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $6,168.26 ↑ +35%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $6,342.83 ↑ +38%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $6,401.02 ↑ +40%
the health plan wv peia $6,529.04 ↑ +42%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $8,728.67 ↑ +90%
coventry health care worker's compensation $9,194.19 ↑ +101%
alliance coal alliance coal $10,183.44 ↑ +122%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $24,652.66 ↑ +438%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $24,652.66 ↑ +438%

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Lap insert tunnel ip cath at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $687.20 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $415.50 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $429.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $415.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $429.50 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $6,833.00 $205.80 – $10,098.88
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $5,459.50 $205.80 – $35,999.12
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $429.50 not published

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