Warde bile acids 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

$1,204.00

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.

$2,408.00

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.

$11.13 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $72.53 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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 $11.13 ↓ -99%
aetna better health pa chip $15.00 ↓ -99%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $15.45 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $15.75 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $15.75 ↓ -99%
wellpoint wv chip $16.18 ↓ -99%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $16.18 ↓ -99%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $16.18 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $16.41 ↓ -99%
aetna better health wv chip $16.49 ↓ -99%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $16.49 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv chip $16.49 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $16.50 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $16.50 ↓ -99%
upmc for kids chip $16.50 ↓ -99%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $16.80 ↓ -99%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $17.12 ↓ -99%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $17.12 ↓ -99%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $17.12 ↓ -99%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $17.12 ↓ -99%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $17.12 ↓ -99%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $17.12 ↓ -99%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $17.12 ↓ -99%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $17.63 ↓ -99%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $17.63 ↓ -99%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $17.80 ↓ -99%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $17.98 ↓ -99%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $17.98 ↓ -99%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $17.98 ↓ -99%
humana medicare advantage all plans $17.98 ↓ -99%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $17.98 ↓ -99%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $18.00 ↓ -99%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $18.15 ↓ -98%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $18.15 ↓ -98%
wv senior advantage isnp $18.15 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $18.15 ↓ -98%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $18.66 ↓ -98%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $18.83 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv peia $19.21 ↓ -98%
alliance coal alliance coal $21.40 ↓ -98%
encova worker's compensation $25.68 ↓ -98%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $25.68 ↓ -98%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $26.54 ↓ -98%
coventry health care worker's compensation $27.05 ↓ -98%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $72.53 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $72.53 ↓ -94%

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Warde bile acids at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $16.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $23.20 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $16.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $24.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $16.00 not published
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $16.00 not published
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $109.50 $16.18 – $86.64
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $52.00 $15.00 – $87.13

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