Microdissection laser 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

$1,312.50

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.

$2,625.00

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.

$30.63 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $199.67 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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 $30.63 ↓ -98%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $47.13 ↓ -96%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $47.13 ↓ -96%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $47.13 ↓ -96%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $47.13 ↓ -96%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $47.13 ↓ -96%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $47.13 ↓ -96%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $47.13 ↓ -96%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $48.54 ↓ -96%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $48.54 ↓ -96%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $49.02 ↓ -96%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $49.49 ↓ -96%
humana medicare advantage all plans $49.49 ↓ -96%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $49.49 ↓ -96%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $49.49 ↓ -96%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $49.49 ↓ -96%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $49.96 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $49.96 ↓ -96%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $49.96 ↓ -96%
wv senior advantage isnp $49.96 ↓ -96%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $51.37 ↓ -96%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $51.84 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv peia $52.88 ↓ -96%
alliance coal alliance coal $58.91 ↓ -96%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $70.69 ↓ -95%
encova worker's compensation $70.69 ↓ -95%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $73.05 ↓ -94%
coventry health care worker's compensation $74.47 ↓ -94%
aetna better health pa chip $105.93 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $199.67 ↓ -85%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $199.67 ↓ -85%

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Microdissection laser at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $1,050.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,680.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,050.00 $30.63 – $74.47
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,050.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,050.00 $47.13 – $74.47
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $1,050.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,050.00 $47.13 – $74.47
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $1,050.00 not published

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