Valvuloplasty aortic 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

$8,317.50

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.

$16,635.00

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.

$776.00 with aetna better health pa vs $23,209.20 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 $776.00 ↓ -91%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $799.28 ↓ -90%
highmark health options chip $814.80 ↓ -90%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $814.80 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $853.60 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $853.60 ↓ -90%
upmc for kids chip $853.60 ↓ -90%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $931.20 ↓ -89%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $1,009.34 ↓ -88%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $1,009.34 ↓ -88%
wellpoint wv chip $1,009.34 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $1,023.76 ↓ -88%
aetna better health wv chip $1,028.57 ↓ -88%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $1,028.57 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv chip $1,028.57 ↓ -88%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $3,560.95 ↓ -57%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $5,478.39 ↓ -34%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $5,478.39 ↓ -34%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $5,478.39 ↓ -34%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $5,478.39 ↓ -34%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $5,478.39 ↓ -34%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5,478.39 ↓ -34%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $5,478.39 ↓ -34%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $5,642.74 ↓ -32%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $5,642.74 ↓ -32%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $5,697.53 ↓ -31%
humana medicare advantage all plans $5,752.31 ↓ -31%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $5,752.31 ↓ -31%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $5,752.31 ↓ -31%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $5,752.31 ↓ -31%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $5,752.31 ↓ -31%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $5,807.09 ↓ -30%
wv senior advantage isnp $5,807.09 ↓ -30%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $5,807.09 ↓ -30%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $5,807.09 ↓ -30%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $5,971.45 ↓ -28%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $6,026.23 ↓ -28%
the health plan wv peia $6,146.75 ↓ -26%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $8,217.58 ↓ -1%
encova worker's compensation $8,217.58 ↓ -1%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $8,491.50 ↑ +2%
coventry health care worker's compensation $8,655.86 ↑ +4%
alliance coal alliance coal $9,587.18 ↑ +15%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $23,209.20 ↑ +179%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $23,209.20 ↑ +179%

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Valvuloplasty aortic at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $6,513.50 $1,009.34 – $27,495.46

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