Post seg spine instrument/3-6 seg 22842 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

$5,888.50

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.

$11,777.00

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.

$467.89 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $3,049.56 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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 $467.89 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $601.44 ↓ -90%
wellpoint wv chip $601.44 ↓ -90%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $601.44 ↓ -90%
highmark health options chip $601.44 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $610.03 ↓ -90%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $612.90 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv chip $612.90 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv chip $612.90 ↓ -90%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $719.83 ↓ -88%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $719.83 ↓ -88%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $719.83 ↓ -88%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $719.83 ↓ -88%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $719.83 ↓ -88%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $719.83 ↓ -88%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $719.83 ↓ -88%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $741.42 ↓ -87%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $741.42 ↓ -87%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $748.62 ↓ -87%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $755.82 ↓ -87%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $755.82 ↓ -87%
humana medicare advantage all plans $755.82 ↓ -87%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $755.82 ↓ -87%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $755.82 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $763.02 ↓ -87%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $763.02 ↓ -87%
wv senior advantage isnp $763.02 ↓ -87%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $763.02 ↓ -87%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $784.61 ↓ -87%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $791.81 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv peia $807.65 ↓ -86%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,079.74 ↓ -82%
encova worker's compensation $1,079.74 ↓ -82%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,115.74 ↓ -81%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,137.33 ↓ -81%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,259.70 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $3,049.56 ↓ -48%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $3,049.56 ↓ -48%

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Post seg spine instrument/3-6 seg 22842 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $4,602.50 $601.44 – $1,259.70
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $2,575.33 $601.44 – $1,259.70
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $3,099.50 $601.44 – $3,642.99

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