Biopsy vestibule of mouth 40808 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

$693.00

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.

$1,386.00

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.

$40.15 with upmc for you medicaid vs $964.90 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 $40.15 ↓ -94%
highmark health options chip $105.00 ↓ -85%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -85%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -85%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -85%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -85%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -85%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $551.37 ↓ -20%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $551.37 ↓ -20%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $551.37 ↓ -20%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $567.91 ↓ -18%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $567.91 ↓ -18%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $567.91 ↓ -18%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $573.42 ↓ -17%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $578.94 ↓ -16%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $578.94 ↓ -16%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $578.94 ↓ -16%
humana medicare advantage all plans $578.94 ↓ -16%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $578.94 ↓ -16%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $578.94 ↓ -16%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $578.94 ↓ -16%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $584.45 ↓ -16%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $584.45 ↓ -16%
wv senior advantage isnp $584.45 ↓ -16%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $584.45 ↓ -16%
the health plan wv peia $617.53 ↓ -11%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $827.06 ↑ +19%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $827.06 ↑ +19%
coventry health care worker's compensation $871.16 ↑ +26%
alliance coal alliance coal $964.90 ↑ +39%

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Biopsy vestibule of mouth 40808 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $144.00 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $91.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $629.50 $39.06 – $908.35
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $90.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $620.00 $105.00 – $972.96
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $94.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $90.00 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $620.00 $105.00 – $900.92

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