Ot re-evaluation patient/family 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

$280.00

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.

$560.00

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.

$40.69 with aetna better health pa vs $270.67 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 $40.69 ↓ -85%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $41.53 ↓ -85%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $41.91 ↓ -85%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $42.72 ↓ -85%
highmark health options chip $42.72 ↓ -85%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $44.76 ↓ -84%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $44.76 ↓ -84%
upmc for kids chip $44.76 ↓ -84%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $45.57 ↓ -84%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $48.83 ↓ -83%
wellpoint wv chip $51.47 ↓ -82%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $51.47 ↓ -82%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $51.47 ↓ -82%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $52.21 ↓ -81%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $52.45 ↓ -81%
aetna better health wv chip $52.45 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv chip $52.45 ↓ -81%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $63.89 ↓ -77%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $63.89 ↓ -77%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $63.89 ↓ -77%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $63.89 ↓ -77%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $63.89 ↓ -77%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $63.89 ↓ -77%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $63.89 ↓ -77%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $65.81 ↓ -76%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $65.81 ↓ -76%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $66.45 ↓ -76%
humana medicare advantage all plans $67.08 ↓ -76%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $67.08 ↓ -76%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $67.08 ↓ -76%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $67.08 ↓ -76%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $67.08 ↓ -76%
wv senior advantage isnp $67.72 ↓ -76%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $67.72 ↓ -76%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $67.72 ↓ -76%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $67.72 ↓ -76%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $69.64 ↓ -75%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $70.28 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv peia $71.68 ↓ -74%
alliance coal alliance coal $86.25 ↓ -69%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $95.84 ↓ -66%
encova worker's compensation $95.84 ↓ -66%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $99.03 ↓ -65%
coventry health care worker's compensation $100.95 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $270.67 ↓ -3%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $270.67 ↓ -3%

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Ot re-evaluation patient/family at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $89.50 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $70.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $105.50 $43.54 – $100.95
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $105.50 $51.47 – $95.83
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $82.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $115.00 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $75.00 $44.76 – $100.95
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $105.50 $51.47 – $100.95

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