Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

$769.00

Cash price

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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.

$1,538.00

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.

$54.13 with upmc for you medicaid vs $1,322.26 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 $54.13 ↓ -93%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -73%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -73%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -73%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -73%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -73%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -73%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $755.58 ↓ -2%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $755.58 ↓ -2%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $755.58 ↓ -2%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $778.25 ↑ +1%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $778.25 ↑ +1%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $778.25 ↑ +1%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $785.80 ↑ +2%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $793.36 ↑ +3%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $793.36 ↑ +3%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $793.36 ↑ +3%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $793.36 ↑ +3%
humana medicare advantage all plans $793.36 ↑ +3%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $793.36 ↑ +3%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $793.36 ↑ +3%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $800.91 ↑ +4%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $800.91 ↑ +4%
wv senior advantage isnp $800.91 ↑ +4%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $800.91 ↑ +4%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $823.58 ↑ +7%
the health plan wv peia $846.25 ↑ +10%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,133.37 ↑ +47%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,133.37 ↑ +47%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,193.82 ↑ +55%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,322.26 ↑ +72%

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $708.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $2,153.83 $49.21 – $3,013.80
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,604.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $703.00 $51.67 – $1,234.61
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $708.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $2,774.00 $52.65 – $497.91
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $53.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $849.50 $205.80 – $1,333.32

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