Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble 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

$1,958.00

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.

$3,916.00

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.

$79.53 with wellpoint wv vs $1,821.65 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
wellpoint wv chip $79.53 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $79.53 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $79.53 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $79.53 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $80.66 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $81.04 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $81.04 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $81.04 ↓ -96%
aetna better health pa chip $165.98 ↓ -92%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $170.96 ↓ -91%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $174.28 ↓ -91%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $182.58 ↓ -91%
upmc for kids chip $182.58 ↓ -91%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $182.58 ↓ -91%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $185.90 ↓ -91%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $199.18 ↓ -90%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $279.49 ↓ -86%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $429.99 ↓ -78%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $429.99 ↓ -78%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $429.99 ↓ -78%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $429.99 ↓ -78%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $429.99 ↓ -78%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $429.99 ↓ -78%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $429.99 ↓ -78%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $442.89 ↓ -77%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $442.89 ↓ -77%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $447.19 ↓ -77%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $451.49 ↓ -77%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $451.49 ↓ -77%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $451.49 ↓ -77%
humana medicare advantage all plans $451.49 ↓ -77%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $451.49 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $455.79 ↓ -77%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $455.79 ↓ -77%
wv senior advantage isnp $455.79 ↓ -77%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $455.79 ↓ -77%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $468.69 ↓ -76%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $472.99 ↓ -76%
the health plan wv peia $482.45 ↓ -75%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $644.98 ↓ -67%
encova worker's compensation $644.98 ↓ -67%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $666.48 ↓ -66%
coventry health care worker's compensation $679.38 ↓ -65%
alliance coal alliance coal $752.48 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,821.65 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,821.65 ↓ -7%

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Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $428.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $168.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $553.50 $79.53 – $746.24
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $428.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $513.50 $79.53 – $752.40
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $428.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $513.50 $79.53 – $805.91
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $587.00 not published

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