X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw 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

$212.00

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.

$424.00

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.

$12.61 with highmark health options west va vs $266.67 with alliance coal — 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 health options west va mgd mcaid $12.61 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $12.61 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $12.61 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $12.79 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $12.85 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $12.85 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $12.85 ↓ -94%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $39.13 ↓ -82%
highmark health options chip $39.13 ↓ -82%
upmc for kids chip $41.00 ↓ -81%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $41.00 ↓ -81%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $41.74 ↓ -80%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $44.72 ↓ -79%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $65.41 ↓ -69%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $100.63 ↓ -53%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $100.63 ↓ -53%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $100.63 ↓ -53%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $100.63 ↓ -53%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $103.65 ↓ -51%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $104.66 ↓ -51%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $105.66 ↓ -50%
humana medicare advantage all plans $105.66 ↓ -50%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $105.66 ↓ -50%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $105.66 ↓ -50%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $105.66 ↓ -50%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $106.67 ↓ -50%
wv senior advantage isnp $106.67 ↓ -50%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $106.67 ↓ -50%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $106.67 ↓ -50%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $109.69 ↓ -48%
the health plan wv peia $112.91 ↓ -47%
encova worker's compensation $150.94 ↓ -29%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $150.94 ↓ -29%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $150.94 ↓ -29%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $155.98 ↓ -26%
coventry health care worker's compensation $159.00 ↓ -25%
alliance coal alliance coal $266.67 ↑ +26%

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X-ray exam entire spi 4/5 vw at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $194.50 $12.61 – $174.65
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $292.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $195.50 $12.61 – $176.07
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $258.00 $12.61 – $188.60
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $212.00 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $1,041.00 $12.61 – $187.02
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $271.50 $12.61 – $69.84
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $227.00 $12.61 – $622.48

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