Mr safety determination physician/other qhp 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

$272.00

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.

$544.00

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.

$21.11 with highmark health options vs $354.89 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 health options chip $21.11 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $21.11 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $21.11 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $21.11 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $21.41 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $21.51 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $21.51 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $21.51 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $54.45 ↓ -80%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $83.77 ↓ -69%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $83.77 ↓ -69%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $83.77 ↓ -69%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $83.77 ↓ -69%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $83.77 ↓ -69%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $83.77 ↓ -69%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $86.28 ↓ -68%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $86.28 ↓ -68%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $87.12 ↓ -68%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $87.96 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $87.96 ↓ -68%
humana medicare advantage all plans $87.96 ↓ -68%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $87.96 ↓ -68%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $87.96 ↓ -68%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $88.80 ↓ -67%
wv senior advantage isnp $88.80 ↓ -67%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $88.80 ↓ -67%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $88.80 ↓ -67%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $91.31 ↓ -66%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $92.15 ↓ -66%
the health plan wv peia $93.99 ↓ -65%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $125.66 ↓ -54%
coventry health care worker's compensation $132.36 ↓ -51%
alliance coal alliance coal $146.60 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $354.89 ↑ +30%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $354.89 ↑ +30%

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Mr safety determination physician/other qhp at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $272.00 $21.11 – $146.58
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $292.50 $21.11 – $156.99
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $292.50 $21.11 – $145.37
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $292.50 $21.11 – $420.41

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