Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb 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

$3,981.00

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.

$7,962.00

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.

$49.67 with wellpoint wv vs $5,831.08 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 $49.67 ↓ -99%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $49.67 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $49.67 ↓ -99%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $49.67 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $50.37 ↓ -99%
aetna better health wv chip $50.61 ↓ -99%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $50.61 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv chip $50.61 ↓ -99%
aetna better health pa chip $613.27 ↓ -85%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $631.67 ↓ -84%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $643.93 ↓ -84%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $674.60 ↓ -83%
upmc for kids chip $674.60 ↓ -83%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $674.60 ↓ -83%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $686.86 ↓ -83%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $735.92 ↓ -82%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $894.65 ↓ -78%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $1,376.39 ↓ -65%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,376.39 ↓ -65%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,376.39 ↓ -65%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,376.39 ↓ -65%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,376.39 ↓ -65%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $1,376.39 ↓ -65%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $1,376.39 ↓ -65%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $1,417.68 ↓ -64%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $1,417.68 ↓ -64%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,431.45 ↓ -64%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $1,445.21 ↓ -64%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,445.21 ↓ -64%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,445.21 ↓ -64%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,445.21 ↓ -64%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,445.21 ↓ -64%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,458.97 ↓ -63%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,458.97 ↓ -63%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,458.97 ↓ -63%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,458.97 ↓ -63%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,500.27 ↓ -62%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,514.03 ↓ -62%
the health plan wv peia $1,544.31 ↓ -61%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $2,064.59 ↓ -48%
encova worker's compensation $2,064.59 ↓ -48%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $2,133.40 ↓ -46%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,174.70 ↓ -45%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,408.68 ↓ -39%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $5,831.08 ↑ +46%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $5,831.08 ↑ +46%

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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $3,334.00 $49.67 – $2,388.70
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $3,487.00 $49.67 – $2,408.37
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,541.50 $49.67 – $2,579.71
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $3,466.00 $49.67 – $2,558.29
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,541.50 $49.67 – $2,388.70
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $4,633.00 $49.67 – $8,514.87
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $5,517.50 $49.67 – $6,907.98
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $1,876.80 $1,257.75 – $6,287.86

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