Pillow shldr abduc inflat univ 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

$232.50

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.

$465.00

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.

$537.65 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $2,191.97 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
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $537.65 ↑ +131%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $827.16 ↑ +256%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $827.16 ↑ +256%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $827.16 ↑ +256%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $827.16 ↑ +256%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $851.97 ↑ +266%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $860.25 ↑ +270%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $868.52 ↑ +274%
humana medicare advantage all plans $868.52 ↑ +274%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $868.52 ↑ +274%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $868.52 ↑ +274%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $868.52 ↑ +274%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $876.79 ↑ +277%
wv senior advantage isnp $876.79 ↑ +277%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $876.79 ↑ +277%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $876.79 ↑ +277%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $901.60 ↑ +288%
the health plan wv peia $928.07 ↑ +299%
encova worker's compensation $1,240.74 ↑ +434%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,240.74 ↑ +434%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,240.74 ↑ +434%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,282.10 ↑ +451%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,306.91 ↑ +462%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,191.97 ↑ +843%

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Pillow shldr abduc inflat univ at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $274.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $282.00 $537.65 – $1,447.53
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $288.50 $827.16 – $1,447.53
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $319.00 $827.16 – $1,447.53
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $288.50 $827.16 – $1,447.53

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