Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine 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

$300.00

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.

$600.00

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.

$19.08 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $124.34 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 $19.08 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $27.74 ↓ -91%
wellpoint wv chip $27.74 ↓ -91%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $27.74 ↓ -91%
highmark health options chip $27.74 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $28.14 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $28.27 ↓ -91%
aetna better health wv chip $28.27 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $28.27 ↓ -91%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $29.35 ↓ -90%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $29.35 ↓ -90%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $29.35 ↓ -90%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $29.35 ↓ -90%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $29.35 ↓ -90%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $29.35 ↓ -90%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $29.35 ↓ -90%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $30.23 ↓ -90%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $30.23 ↓ -90%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $30.52 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage all plans $30.82 ↓ -90%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $30.82 ↓ -90%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $30.82 ↓ -90%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $30.82 ↓ -90%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $30.82 ↓ -90%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $31.11 ↓ -90%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $31.11 ↓ -90%
wv senior advantage isnp $31.11 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $31.11 ↓ -90%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $31.99 ↓ -89%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $32.28 ↓ -89%
aetna better health pa chip $32.80 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv peia $32.93 ↓ -89%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $33.78 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $34.44 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $36.08 ↓ -88%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $36.08 ↓ -88%
upmc for kids chip $36.08 ↓ -88%
alliance coal alliance coal $36.69 ↓ -88%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $36.74 ↓ -88%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $39.36 ↓ -87%
encova worker's compensation $44.02 ↓ -85%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $44.02 ↓ -85%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $45.49 ↓ -85%
coventry health care worker's compensation $46.37 ↓ -85%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $124.34 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $124.34 ↓ -59%

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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $185.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $296.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $185.00 $19.08 – $46.37
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $185.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $185.00 $27.74 – $46.37
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $54.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $185.00 $27.74 – $46.37
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $202.00 not published

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