Lipoprotein blood high res frac & quant 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

$152.00

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.

$304.00

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.

$22.01 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $143.45 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 wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $22.01 ↓ -86%
aetna better health pa chip $27.74 ↓ -82%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $28.57 ↓ -81%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $29.13 ↓ -81%
highmark health options chip $29.13 ↓ -81%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $30.51 ↓ -80%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $30.51 ↓ -80%
upmc for kids chip $30.51 ↓ -80%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $31.07 ↓ -80%
wellpoint wv chip $31.99 ↓ -79%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $31.99 ↓ -79%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $31.99 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $32.45 ↓ -79%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $32.60 ↓ -79%
aetna better health wv chip $32.60 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv chip $32.60 ↓ -79%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $33.29 ↓ -78%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $33.86 ↓ -78%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $33.86 ↓ -78%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $33.86 ↓ -78%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $33.86 ↓ -78%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $33.86 ↓ -78%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $33.86 ↓ -78%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $33.86 ↓ -78%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $34.88 ↓ -77%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $34.88 ↓ -77%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $35.21 ↓ -77%
humana medicare advantage all plans $35.55 ↓ -77%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $35.55 ↓ -77%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $35.55 ↓ -77%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $35.55 ↓ -77%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $35.55 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $35.89 ↓ -76%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $35.89 ↓ -76%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $35.89 ↓ -76%
wv senior advantage isnp $35.89 ↓ -76%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $36.91 ↓ -76%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $37.25 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv peia $37.99 ↓ -75%
alliance coal alliance coal $42.32 ↓ -72%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $50.79 ↓ -67%
encova worker's compensation $50.79 ↓ -67%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $52.48 ↓ -65%
coventry health care worker's compensation $53.50 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $143.45 ↓ -6%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $143.45 ↓ -6%

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Lipoprotein blood high res frac & quant at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $134.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $25.00 $22.01 – $53.50
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $134.00 $29.68 – $53.50
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $216.00 $30.51 – $53.50
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $128.00 $27.74 – $197.22

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