Speech audiometry complete 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

$148.50

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.

$297.00

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.

$14.77 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $96.25 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 wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $14.77 ↓ -90%
aetna better health pa chip $15.00 ↓ -90%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $15.45 ↓ -90%
highmark health options chip $15.75 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $15.75 ↓ -89%
upmc for kids chip $16.50 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $16.50 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $16.50 ↓ -89%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $16.80 ↓ -89%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $18.00 ↓ -88%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $22.72 ↓ -85%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $22.72 ↓ -85%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $22.72 ↓ -85%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $22.72 ↓ -85%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $22.72 ↓ -85%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $22.72 ↓ -85%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $23.40 ↓ -84%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $23.40 ↓ -84%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $23.63 ↓ -84%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $23.86 ↓ -84%
humana medicare advantage all plans $23.86 ↓ -84%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $23.86 ↓ -84%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $23.86 ↓ -84%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $23.86 ↓ -84%
wv senior advantage isnp $24.08 ↓ -84%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $24.08 ↓ -84%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $24.08 ↓ -84%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $24.08 ↓ -84%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $24.76 ↓ -83%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $24.99 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv peia $25.49 ↓ -83%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $28.39 ↓ -81%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $31.40 ↓ -79%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $31.40 ↓ -79%
wellpoint wv chip $31.40 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $31.84 ↓ -79%
aetna better health wv chip $31.99 ↓ -78%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $31.99 ↓ -78%
the health plan wv chip $31.99 ↓ -78%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $34.08 ↓ -77%
coventry health care worker's compensation $35.90 ↓ -76%
alliance coal alliance coal $39.76 ↓ -73%
encova worker's compensation $42.58 ↓ -71%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $44.00 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $96.25 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $96.25 ↓ -35%

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Speech audiometry complete at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $61.50 $15.75 – $98.54
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $78.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $90.50 $16.05 – $99.36
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $80.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $44.50 $31.40 – $106.42
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $82.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $57.00 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $44.50 $31.40 – $98.54

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