Laps surg prst8ect rpbic rad 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

$21,877.00

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.

$43,754.00

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.

$906.15 with wellpoint west virginia vs $27,114.06 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
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $906.15 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $906.15 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $906.15 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $919.10 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $923.41 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $923.41 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $923.41 ↓ -96%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $6,650.62 ↓ -70%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $10,231.72 ↓ -53%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $10,231.72 ↓ -53%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $10,231.72 ↓ -53%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $10,231.72 ↓ -53%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $10,538.67 ↓ -52%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $10,640.99 ↓ -51%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $10,743.31 ↓ -51%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $10,743.31 ↓ -51%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $10,743.31 ↓ -51%
humana medicare advantage all plans $10,743.31 ↓ -51%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $10,743.31 ↓ -51%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $10,845.62 ↓ -50%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $10,845.62 ↓ -50%
wv senior advantage isnp $10,845.62 ↓ -50%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $10,845.62 ↓ -50%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $11,152.57 ↓ -49%
the health plan wv peia $11,479.99 ↓ -48%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $15,347.58 ↓ -30%
encova worker's compensation $15,347.58 ↓ -30%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $15,347.58 ↓ -30%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $15,859.17 ↓ -28%
coventry health care worker's compensation $16,166.12 ↓ -26%
alliance coal alliance coal $27,114.06 ↑ +24%

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Laps surg prst8ect rpbic rad at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $34,807.50 $906.15 – $17,756.87
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $22,756.34 $906.15 – $63,297.03
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $15,610.34 $906.15 – $51,351.84

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