Pet image full body 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

$3,785.50

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.

$7,571.00

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.

$66.14 with wellpoint wv vs $3,647.43 with alliance coal — 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 $66.14 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $66.14 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $66.14 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $67.08 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $67.40 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $67.40 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $67.40 ↓ -98%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $894.65 ↓ -76%
highmark health options chip $1,267.61 ↓ -67%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $1,267.61 ↓ -67%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $1,327.98 ↓ -65%
upmc for kids chip $1,327.98 ↓ -65%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $1,352.12 ↓ -64%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,376.39 ↓ -64%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,376.39 ↓ -64%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $1,376.39 ↓ -64%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,376.39 ↓ -64%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $1,417.68 ↓ -63%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,431.45 ↓ -62%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,445.21 ↓ -62%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,445.21 ↓ -62%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,445.21 ↓ -62%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,445.21 ↓ -62%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,445.21 ↓ -62%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $1,448.70 ↓ -62%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,458.97 ↓ -61%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,458.97 ↓ -61%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,458.97 ↓ -61%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,458.97 ↓ -61%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,500.27 ↓ -60%
the health plan wv peia $1,544.31 ↓ -59%
encova worker's compensation $2,064.59 ↓ -45%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $2,064.59 ↓ -45%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $2,064.59 ↓ -45%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $2,133.40 ↓ -44%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,174.70 ↓ -43%
alliance coal alliance coal $3,647.43 ↓ -4%

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Pet image full body at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $2,772.50 $66.14 – $2,579.71
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $2,579.00 $66.14 – $2,558.29
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $2,772.50 $66.14 – $2,388.70
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,490.50 $66.14 – $6,907.98

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