Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum 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

$133.50

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.

$267.00

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.

$6.98 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $45.50 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
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $6.98 ↓ -95%
highmark health options chip $10.15 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $10.15 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $10.15 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $10.15 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $10.30 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $10.35 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $10.35 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $10.35 ↓ -92%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $10.74 ↓ -92%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $10.74 ↓ -92%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $10.74 ↓ -92%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $10.74 ↓ -92%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $10.74 ↓ -92%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $10.74 ↓ -92%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $10.74 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $11.06 ↓ -92%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $11.06 ↓ -92%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $11.17 ↓ -92%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $11.28 ↓ -92%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $11.28 ↓ -92%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $11.28 ↓ -92%
humana medicare advantage all plans $11.28 ↓ -92%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $11.28 ↓ -92%
wv senior advantage isnp $11.38 ↓ -91%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $11.38 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $11.38 ↓ -91%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $11.38 ↓ -91%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $11.71 ↓ -91%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $11.81 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv peia $12.05 ↓ -91%
alliance coal alliance coal $13.42 ↓ -90%
aetna better health pa chip $14.65 ↓ -89%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $15.09 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $15.38 ↓ -88%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $16.11 ↓ -88%
encova worker's compensation $16.11 ↓ -88%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $16.12 ↓ -88%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $16.12 ↓ -88%
upmc for kids chip $16.12 ↓ -88%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $16.41 ↓ -88%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $16.65 ↓ -88%
coventry health care worker's compensation $16.97 ↓ -87%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $17.58 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $45.50 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $45.50 ↓ -66%

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Protein electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation serum at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $59.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $25.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $14.00 $6.98 – $16.97
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $74.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $66.50 $10.15 – $16.97
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $30.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $62.00 $10.15 – $16.97
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $75.50 not published

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