X-ray of mammary ducts 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

$790.50

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.

$1,581.00

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.

$15.96 with highmark health options west va vs $608.63 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 $15.96 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $15.96 ↓ -98%
wellpoint wv chip $15.96 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $16.19 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $16.26 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $16.26 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $16.26 ↓ -98%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $56.18 ↓ -93%
highmark health options chip $56.18 ↓ -93%
upmc for kids chip $58.85 ↓ -93%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $58.85 ↓ -93%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $59.92 ↓ -92%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $64.20 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $149.29 ↓ -81%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $229.67 ↓ -71%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $229.67 ↓ -71%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $229.67 ↓ -71%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $229.67 ↓ -71%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $236.56 ↓ -70%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $238.86 ↓ -70%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↓ -69%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $241.15 ↓ -69%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↓ -69%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $241.15 ↓ -69%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $243.45 ↓ -69%
wv senior advantage isnp $243.45 ↓ -69%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $243.45 ↓ -69%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $243.45 ↓ -69%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $250.34 ↓ -68%
the health plan wv peia $257.69 ↓ -67%
encova worker's compensation $344.50 ↓ -56%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $344.50 ↓ -56%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $344.50 ↓ -56%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $355.99 ↓ -55%
coventry health care worker's compensation $362.88 ↓ -54%
alliance coal alliance coal $608.63 ↓ -23%

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X-ray of mammary ducts at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $288.50 $15.96 – $401.87
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $345.50 $15.96 – $430.46
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $345.50 $15.96 – $398.58
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $468.00 $15.96 – $1,152.67

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