Probe nasolacrimal duct 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

$637.50

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.

$1,275.00

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.

$25.00 with highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage vs $1,294.34 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 pa medicare advantage all pla $25.00 ↓ -96%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $25.00 ↓ -96%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -68%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -68%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -68%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -68%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -67%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -67%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -67%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -67%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $305.52 ↓ -52%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $305.52 ↓ -52%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $305.52 ↓ -52%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $305.52 ↓ -52%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $305.52 ↓ -52%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $305.52 ↓ -52%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $305.52 ↓ -52%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $314.69 ↓ -51%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $317.74 ↓ -50%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $320.80 ↓ -50%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $320.80 ↓ -50%
humana medicare advantage all plans $320.80 ↓ -50%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $320.80 ↓ -50%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $320.80 ↓ -50%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $323.85 ↓ -49%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $323.85 ↓ -49%
wv senior advantage isnp $323.85 ↓ -49%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $323.85 ↓ -49%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $333.02 ↓ -48%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $336.07 ↓ -47%
the health plan wv peia $342.79 ↓ -46%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $458.28 ↓ -28%
encova worker's compensation $458.28 ↓ -28%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $473.56 ↓ -26%
coventry health care worker's compensation $482.72 ↓ -24%
alliance coal alliance coal $534.66 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,294.34 ↑ +103%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,294.34 ↑ +103%

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Probe nasolacrimal duct at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $122.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $195.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $364.50 $196.94 – $530.22
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $128.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $365.00 $205.80 – $534.59
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $122.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $365.00 $205.80 – $572.62
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $133.00 not published

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