X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast 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

$1,670.50

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$3,341.00

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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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$31.66 with wellpoint wv vs $715.25 with blue cross blue shield ppo — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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
wellpoint wv chip $31.66 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $31.66 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $31.66 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $31.66 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $32.11 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $32.26 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $32.26 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $32.26 ↓ -98%
aetna better health pa chip $40.00 ↓ -98%
uhc community pa chip unison kids $41.20 ↓ -98%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $42.00 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $44.00 ↓ -97%
upmc for kids chip $44.00 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health and wellness mgd medicaid $44.00 ↓ -97%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $44.80 ↓ -97%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $48.00 ↓ -97%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $109.74 ↓ -93%
highmark pa medicare advantage hmo $168.83 ↓ -90%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $168.83 ↓ -90%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $168.83 ↓ -90%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $168.83 ↓ -90%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $168.83 ↓ -90%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $168.83 ↓ -90%
anthem pathway anthem pathway $168.83 ↓ -90%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $173.89 ↓ -90%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $173.89 ↓ -90%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $175.58 ↓ -89%
senior life pa - ma certain hospitals $177.27 ↓ -89%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $177.27 ↓ -89%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $177.27 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage all plans $177.27 ↓ -89%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $177.27 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $178.96 ↓ -89%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $178.96 ↓ -89%
wv senior advantage isnp $178.96 ↓ -89%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $178.96 ↓ -89%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $184.02 ↓ -89%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $185.71 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv peia $189.43 ↓ -89%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $253.24 ↓ -85%
encova worker's compensation $253.24 ↓ -85%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $261.69 ↓ -84%
coventry health care worker's compensation $266.75 ↓ -84%
alliance coal alliance coal $295.45 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $715.25 ↓ -57%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $715.25 ↓ -57%

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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images double contrast at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $276.00 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $416.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $653.50 $31.66 – $293.00
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $353.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $315.50 $31.66 – $295.42
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $498.00 $31.66 – $316.43
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $416.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $463.50 not published

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