Warde sugars single qualitative each specimen stool 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

$27.00

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.

$54.00

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.

$3.58 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $23.30 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 $3.58 ↓ -87%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $5.20 ↓ -81%
wellpoint wv chip $5.20 ↓ -81%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $5.20 ↓ -81%
highmark health options chip $5.20 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $5.27 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv chip $5.30 ↓ -80%
aetna better health wv chip $5.30 ↓ -80%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $5.30 ↓ -80%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $5.50 ↓ -80%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $5.50 ↓ -80%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $5.50 ↓ -80%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $5.50 ↓ -80%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $5.50 ↓ -80%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $5.50 ↓ -80%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5.50 ↓ -80%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $5.66 ↓ -79%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $5.66 ↓ -79%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $5.72 ↓ -79%
humana medicare advantage all plans $5.78 ↓ -79%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $5.78 ↓ -79%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $5.78 ↓ -79%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $5.78 ↓ -79%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $5.78 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $5.83 ↓ -78%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $5.83 ↓ -78%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $5.83 ↓ -78%
wv senior advantage isnp $5.83 ↓ -78%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $6.00 ↓ -78%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $6.05 ↓ -78%
aetna better health pa chip $6.09 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv peia $6.17 ↓ -77%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $6.27 ↓ -77%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $6.39 ↓ -76%
upmc for kids chip $6.70 ↓ -75%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $6.70 ↓ -75%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $6.70 ↓ -75%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $6.82 ↓ -75%
alliance coal alliance coal $6.88 ↓ -75%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $7.31 ↓ -73%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $8.25 ↓ -69%
encova worker's compensation $8.25 ↓ -69%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $8.52 ↓ -68%
coventry health care worker's compensation $8.69 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $23.30 ↓ -14%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $23.30 ↓ -14%

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Warde sugars single qualitative each specimen stool at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $6.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $10.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $6.50 $3.58 – $8.69
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $6.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $6.50 $5.20 – $8.69
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $6.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $6.50 $5.20 – $8.69
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $6.50 not published

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