Treat thigh fracture 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

$8,413.00

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.

$16,826.00

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.

$4,539.89 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $18,508.79 with alliance coal — 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 $4,539.89 ↓ -46%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $6,984.45 ↓ -17%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $6,984.45 ↓ -17%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $6,984.45 ↓ -17%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $6,984.45 ↓ -17%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $7,193.98 ↓ -14%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $7,263.83 ↓ -14%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $7,333.67 ↓ -13%
humana medicare advantage all plans $7,333.67 ↓ -13%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $7,333.67 ↓ -13%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $7,333.67 ↓ -13%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $7,333.67 ↓ -13%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $7,403.52 ↓ -12%
wv senior advantage isnp $7,403.52 ↓ -12%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $7,403.52 ↓ -12%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $7,403.52 ↓ -12%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $7,613.05 ↓ -10%
the health plan wv peia $7,836.55 ↓ -7%
encova worker's compensation $10,476.67 ↑ +25%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $10,476.67 ↑ +25%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $10,476.67 ↑ +25%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $10,825.90 ↑ +29%
coventry health care worker's compensation $11,035.43 ↑ +31%
alliance coal alliance coal $18,508.79 ↑ +120%

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Treat thigh fracture at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $1,248.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $3,933.60 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $3,350.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $5,986.50 $6,983.56 – $12,221.23
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $1,248.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $1,316.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $1,316.50 not published
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $10,264.67 $7,418.24 – $43,208.28

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