Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$829.00

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.

$1,658.00

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.

$28.57 with highmark health options west va vs $2,214.16 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 health options west va mgd mcaid $28.57 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $28.57 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $28.57 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $28.57 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $28.98 ↓ -97%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $29.11 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $29.11 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $29.11 ↓ -96%
aetna better health pa chip $192.34 ↓ -77%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $198.11 ↓ -76%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $211.57 ↓ -74%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $230.81 ↓ -72%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $339.72 ↓ -59%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $522.64 ↓ -37%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $522.64 ↓ -37%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $522.64 ↓ -37%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $522.64 ↓ -37%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $522.64 ↓ -37%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $522.64 ↓ -37%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $538.32 ↓ -35%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $538.32 ↓ -35%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $543.55 ↓ -34%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $548.77 ↓ -34%
humana medicare advantage all plans $548.77 ↓ -34%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $548.77 ↓ -34%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $548.77 ↓ -34%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $548.77 ↓ -34%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $554.00 ↓ -33%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $554.00 ↓ -33%
wv senior advantage isnp $554.00 ↓ -33%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $554.00 ↓ -33%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $569.68 ↓ -31%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $574.90 ↓ -31%
the health plan wv peia $586.40 ↓ -29%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $783.96 ↓ -5%
coventry health care worker's compensation $825.77 ↓ -0%
alliance coal alliance coal $914.62 ↑ +10%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,214.16 ↑ +167%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,214.16 ↑ +167%

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $648.00 $28.57 – $907.02
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,134.00 $28.57 – $979.54
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $624.00 $28.57 – $971.42
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,134.00 $28.57 – $907.02
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,639.00 $28.57 – $2,623.06
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $1,130.00 $28.57 – $2,637.84

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