Visit established high 40-54 minutes/level 5 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

$129.00

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.

$258.00

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.

$33.32 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $80.99 with coventry health care — 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 $33.32 ↓ -74%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $51.26 ↓ -60%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $51.26 ↓ -60%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $51.26 ↓ -60%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $51.26 ↓ -60%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $51.26 ↓ -60%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $51.26 ↓ -60%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $51.26 ↓ -60%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $52.80 ↓ -59%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $52.80 ↓ -59%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $53.31 ↓ -59%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $53.82 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage all plans $53.82 ↓ -58%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $53.82 ↓ -58%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $53.82 ↓ -58%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $53.82 ↓ -58%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $54.34 ↓ -58%
wv senior advantage isnp $54.34 ↓ -58%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $54.34 ↓ -58%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $54.34 ↓ -58%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $55.87 ↓ -57%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $56.39 ↓ -56%
the health plan wv peia $57.51 ↓ -55%
encova worker's compensation $76.89 ↓ -40%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $76.89 ↓ -40%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $79.45 ↓ -38%
coventry health care worker's compensation $80.99 ↓ -37%

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Visit established high 40-54 minutes/level 5 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $103.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $168.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $121.50 $33.05 – $80.33
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $103.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $182.00 $51.26 – $80.99
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $103.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $84.00 $137.25 – $216.86
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $103.50 not published

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