Remove nasal foreign body 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

$2,258.67

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.

$4,517.34

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.

$205.80 with highmark health options west va vs $13,519.90 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 $205.80 ↓ -91%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -91%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -91%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -91%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -91%
aetna better health pa chip $776.00 ↓ -66%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $799.28 ↓ -65%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $853.60 ↓ -62%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $931.20 ↓ -59%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $2,074.34 ↓ -8%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $3,191.29 ↑ +41%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3,191.29 ↑ +41%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3,191.29 ↑ +41%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $3,191.29 ↑ +41%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $3,191.29 ↑ +41%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $3,191.29 ↑ +41%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $3,191.29 ↑ +41%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $3,287.03 ↑ +46%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $3,287.03 ↑ +46%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $3,318.94 ↑ +47%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,350.85 ↑ +48%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,350.85 ↑ +48%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $3,350.85 ↑ +48%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $3,350.85 ↑ +48%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,350.85 ↑ +48%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,382.77 ↑ +50%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $3,382.77 ↑ +50%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,382.77 ↑ +50%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $3,382.77 ↑ +50%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,478.51 ↑ +54%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $3,510.42 ↑ +55%
the health plan wv peia $3,580.63 ↑ +59%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $4,786.94 ↑ +112%
encova worker's compensation $4,786.94 ↑ +112%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $4,946.50 ↑ +119%
coventry health care worker's compensation $5,042.24 ↑ +123%
alliance coal alliance coal $5,584.76 ↑ +147%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $13,519.90 ↑ +499%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $13,519.90 ↑ +499%

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Remove nasal foreign body at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $328.80 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $207.50 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $205.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $207.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $205.50 not published
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $2,213.00 $205.80 – $19,742.48
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $205.50 not published
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $2,972.50 $205.80 – $16,016.74

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