Reticulated platelet assay 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

$69.00

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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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$138.00

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.

$23.23 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $151.41 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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 $23.23 ↓ -66%
aetna better health pa chip $29.93 ↓ -57%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $30.83 ↓ -55%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $31.43 ↓ -54%
highmark health options chip $31.43 ↓ -54%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $32.92 ↓ -52%
upmc for kids chip $32.92 ↓ -52%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $32.92 ↓ -52%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $33.52 ↓ -51%
wellpoint wv chip $33.78 ↓ -51%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $33.78 ↓ -51%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $33.78 ↓ -51%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $34.26 ↓ -50%
aetna better health wv chip $34.42 ↓ -50%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $34.42 ↓ -50%
the health plan wv chip $34.42 ↓ -50%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $35.74 ↓ -48%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $35.74 ↓ -48%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $35.74 ↓ -48%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $35.74 ↓ -48%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $35.74 ↓ -48%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $35.74 ↓ -48%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $35.74 ↓ -48%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $35.92 ↓ -48%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $36.81 ↓ -47%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $36.81 ↓ -47%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $37.17 ↓ -46%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $37.53 ↓ -46%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $37.53 ↓ -46%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $37.53 ↓ -46%
humana medicare advantage all plans $37.53 ↓ -46%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $37.53 ↓ -46%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $37.88 ↓ -45%
wv senior advantage isnp $37.88 ↓ -45%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $37.88 ↓ -45%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $37.88 ↓ -45%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $38.96 ↓ -44%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $39.31 ↓ -43%
the health plan wv peia $40.10 ↓ -42%
alliance coal alliance coal $44.68 ↓ -35%
encova worker's compensation $53.61 ↓ -22%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $53.61 ↓ -22%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $55.40 ↓ -20%
coventry health care worker's compensation $56.47 ↓ -18%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $151.41 ↑ +119%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $151.41 ↑ +119%

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Reticulated platelet assay at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $110.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $69.00 $23.23 – $56.47
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $90.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $70.50 $32.03 – $56.47
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $79.50 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $81.00 $32.92 – $56.47
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $73.00 not published
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $69.00 $33.78 – $180.88

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