Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at Wetzel County Hospital

3 E Benjamin Dr, New Martinsville, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1376175240

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 10, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$834.50

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.

$1,669.00

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.

$38.50 with upmc for you medicaid vs $1,266.91 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
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $38.50 ↓ -95%
highmark health options chip $105.00 ↓ -87%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -87%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -87%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -87%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -87%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -87%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $723.95 ↓ -13%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $723.95 ↓ -13%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $723.95 ↓ -13%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $745.67 ↓ -11%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $745.67 ↓ -11%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $745.67 ↓ -11%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $752.91 ↓ -10%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $760.15 ↓ -9%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $760.15 ↓ -9%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $760.15 ↓ -9%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $760.15 ↓ -9%
humana medicare advantage all plans $760.15 ↓ -9%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $760.15 ↓ -9%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $760.15 ↓ -9%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $767.39 ↓ -8%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $767.39 ↓ -8%
wv senior advantage isnp $767.39 ↓ -8%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $767.39 ↓ -8%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $789.11 ↓ -5%
the health plan wv peia $810.82 ↓ -3%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,085.92 ↑ +30%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,085.92 ↑ +30%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,143.84 ↑ +37%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,266.91 ↑ +52%

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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $8,334.00 $35.00 – $2,887.64
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,108.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $4,261.00 $36.75 – $1,182.91
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $3,939.50 $37.45 – $1,192.66
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $814.00 $105.00 – $1,277.52
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,201.50 $105.00 – $1,182.91
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $1,320.50 $35.00 – $4,216.72
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,944.50 $105.00 – $3,420.92

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