Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) 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

$3,084.50

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.

$6,169.00

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.

$55.85 with wellpoint wv vs $5,279.36 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
wellpoint wv chip $55.85 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $55.85 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $55.85 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $55.85 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $56.65 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $56.91 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $56.91 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $56.91 ↓ -98%
aetna better health pa chip $278.34 ↓ -91%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $286.69 ↓ -91%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $292.26 ↓ -91%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $306.17 ↓ -90%
upmc for kids chip $306.17 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $306.17 ↓ -90%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $311.74 ↓ -90%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $334.01 ↓ -89%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $810.00 ↓ -74%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $1,246.16 ↓ -60%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,246.16 ↓ -60%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,246.16 ↓ -60%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,246.16 ↓ -60%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,246.16 ↓ -60%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $1,246.16 ↓ -60%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $1,246.16 ↓ -60%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $1,283.54 ↓ -58%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $1,283.54 ↓ -58%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,296.01 ↓ -58%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $1,308.47 ↓ -58%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,308.47 ↓ -58%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,308.47 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,308.47 ↓ -58%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,308.47 ↓ -58%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,320.93 ↓ -57%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,320.93 ↓ -57%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,320.93 ↓ -57%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,320.93 ↓ -57%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,358.31 ↓ -56%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,370.78 ↓ -56%
the health plan wv peia $1,398.19 ↓ -55%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,869.24 ↓ -39%
encova worker's compensation $1,869.24 ↓ -39%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,931.55 ↓ -37%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,968.93 ↓ -36%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,180.78 ↓ -29%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $5,279.36 ↑ +71%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $5,279.36 ↑ +71%

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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $2,988.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $2,939.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $4,545.50 $55.85 – $2,162.67
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,751.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $3,416.50 $55.85 – $2,180.50
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $1,240.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $2,812.00 $55.85 – $2,335.62
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $2,072.50 not published

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