Transplant forearm tendon 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

$6,541.75

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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$13,083.50

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.

$89.50 with aetna better health pa vs $13,342.64 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 $89.50 ↓ -99%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $92.19 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $93.98 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $93.98 ↓ -99%
upmc for kids chip $98.45 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $98.45 ↓ -98%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $98.45 ↓ -98%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $100.24 ↓ -98%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $107.40 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -97%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -97%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $2,047.14 ↓ -69%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $3,149.45 ↓ -52%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3,149.45 ↓ -52%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3,149.45 ↓ -52%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $3,149.45 ↓ -52%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $3,149.45 ↓ -52%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $3,149.45 ↓ -52%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $3,149.45 ↓ -52%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $3,243.93 ↓ -50%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $3,243.93 ↓ -50%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $3,275.43 ↓ -50%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $3,306.92 ↓ -49%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,306.92 ↓ -49%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,306.92 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,306.92 ↓ -49%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $3,306.92 ↓ -49%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,338.42 ↓ -49%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $3,338.42 ↓ -49%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,338.42 ↓ -49%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $3,338.42 ↓ -49%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,432.90 ↓ -48%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $3,464.40 ↓ -47%
the health plan wv peia $3,533.68 ↓ -46%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $4,724.17 ↓ -28%
encova worker's compensation $4,724.17 ↓ -28%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $4,881.65 ↓ -25%
coventry health care worker's compensation $4,976.13 ↓ -24%
alliance coal alliance coal $5,511.54 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $13,342.64 ↑ +104%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $13,342.64 ↑ +104%

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Transplant forearm tendon at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,192.00 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $750.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $745.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $750.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $745.00 not published
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $745.00 not published
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $4,041.50 $3,123.31 – $15,806.76

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