Wound closure by adhesive 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

$63.00

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.

$126.00

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.

$9.63 with highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid vs $62.78 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 $9.63 ↓ -85%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $11.32 ↓ -82%
wellpoint wv chip $11.32 ↓ -82%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $11.32 ↓ -82%
highmark health options chip $11.32 ↓ -82%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $11.48 ↓ -82%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $11.53 ↓ -82%
the health plan wv chip $11.53 ↓ -82%
aetna better health wv chip $11.53 ↓ -82%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $14.82 ↓ -76%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $14.82 ↓ -76%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $14.82 ↓ -76%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $14.82 ↓ -76%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $14.82 ↓ -76%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $14.82 ↓ -76%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $14.82 ↓ -76%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $15.26 ↓ -76%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $15.26 ↓ -76%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $15.41 ↓ -76%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $15.56 ↓ -75%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $15.56 ↓ -75%
humana medicare advantage all plans $15.56 ↓ -75%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $15.56 ↓ -75%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $15.56 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $15.71 ↓ -75%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $15.71 ↓ -75%
wv senior advantage isnp $15.71 ↓ -75%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $15.71 ↓ -75%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $16.15 ↓ -74%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $16.30 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv peia $16.63 ↓ -74%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $22.23 ↓ -65%
encova worker's compensation $22.23 ↓ -65%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $22.97 ↓ -64%
coventry health care worker's compensation $23.42 ↓ -63%
alliance coal alliance coal $25.93 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $62.78 ↓ -0%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $62.78 ↓ -0%

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Wound closure by adhesive at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $50.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $27.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $48.50 $9.63 – $25.93
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $50.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $48.50 $11.32 – $25.93
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $17.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $48.50 $11.32 – $25.93
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $15.50 not published

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