Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical 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

$4,792.00

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.

$9,584.00

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.

$101.02 with aetna better health pa vs $3,196.69 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
aetna better health pa chip $101.02 ↓ -98%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $104.05 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $106.07 ↓ -98%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $106.07 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $111.12 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $111.12 ↓ -98%
upmc for kids chip $111.12 ↓ -98%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $113.14 ↓ -98%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $121.22 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $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 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -96%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $490.46 ↓ -90%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $754.56 ↓ -84%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $754.56 ↓ -84%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $754.56 ↓ -84%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $754.56 ↓ -84%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $754.56 ↓ -84%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $754.56 ↓ -84%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $754.56 ↓ -84%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $777.20 ↓ -84%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $777.20 ↓ -84%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $784.74 ↓ -84%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $792.29 ↓ -83%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $792.29 ↓ -83%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $792.29 ↓ -83%
humana medicare advantage all plans $792.29 ↓ -83%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $792.29 ↓ -83%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $799.83 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $799.83 ↓ -83%
wv senior advantage isnp $799.83 ↓ -83%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $799.83 ↓ -83%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $822.47 ↓ -83%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $830.02 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv peia $846.62 ↓ -82%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,131.84 ↓ -76%
encova worker's compensation $1,131.84 ↓ -76%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,169.57 ↓ -76%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,192.20 ↓ -75%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,320.48 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $3,196.69 ↓ -33%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $3,196.69 ↓ -33%

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Myelography via inj w/s&i cervical at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $188.00 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $122.50 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $117.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,232.50 $205.80 – $1,414.23
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $122.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $752.00 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,743.50 $205.80 – $1,309.52
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $1,724.50 $101.02 – $4,667.95

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