Rapid Strep Test 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

$44.00

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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.

$88.00

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.

$6.30 with aetna better health pa vs $70.03 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
aetna better health pa chip $6.30 ↓ -86%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $6.49 ↓ -85%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $6.62 ↓ -85%
highmark health options chip $6.62 ↓ -85%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $6.93 ↓ -84%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $6.93 ↓ -84%
upmc for kids chip $6.93 ↓ -84%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $7.06 ↓ -84%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $7.56 ↓ -83%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $10.74 ↓ -76%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $15.62 ↓ -65%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $15.62 ↓ -65%
wellpoint wv chip $15.62 ↓ -65%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $15.85 ↓ -64%
aetna better health wv chip $15.92 ↓ -64%
the health plan wv chip $15.92 ↓ -64%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $15.92 ↓ -64%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $16.53 ↓ -62%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $16.53 ↓ -62%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $16.53 ↓ -62%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $16.53 ↓ -62%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $16.53 ↓ -62%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $16.53 ↓ -62%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $16.53 ↓ -62%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $17.03 ↓ -61%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $17.03 ↓ -61%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $17.19 ↓ -61%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $17.36 ↓ -61%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $17.36 ↓ -61%
humana medicare advantage all plans $17.36 ↓ -61%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $17.36 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $17.36 ↓ -61%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $17.52 ↓ -60%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $17.52 ↓ -60%
wv senior advantage isnp $17.52 ↓ -60%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $17.52 ↓ -60%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $18.02 ↓ -59%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $18.18 ↓ -59%
the health plan wv peia $18.55 ↓ -58%
alliance coal alliance coal $20.66 ↓ -53%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $24.80 ↓ -44%
encova worker's compensation $24.80 ↓ -44%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $25.62 ↓ -42%
coventry health care worker's compensation $26.12 ↓ -41%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $70.03 ↑ +59%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $70.03 ↑ +59%

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Rapid Strep Test at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $41.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $42.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $60.00 $6.62 – $26.12
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $43.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $43.00 $6.74 – $26.12
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $26.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $101.00 $15.62 – $26.12
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $53.50 not published

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