Cell cryopreserve/storage 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

$19.00

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.

$38.00

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.

$12.35 with wellpoint west virginia vs $20.65 with coventry health care — 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
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $12.35 ↓ -35%
highmark health options chip $12.35 ↓ -35%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $12.35 ↓ -35%
wellpoint wv chip $12.35 ↓ -35%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $12.52 ↓ -34%
the health plan wv chip $12.58 ↓ -34%
aetna better health wv chip $12.58 ↓ -34%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $12.58 ↓ -34%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $13.07 ↓ -31%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $13.07 ↓ -31%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $13.07 ↓ -31%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $13.46 ↓ -29%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $13.46 ↓ -29%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $13.46 ↓ -29%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $13.59 ↓ -28%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $13.72 ↓ -28%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $13.72 ↓ -28%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $13.72 ↓ -28%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $13.72 ↓ -28%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $13.72 ↓ -28%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $13.72 ↓ -28%
humana medicare advantage all plans $13.72 ↓ -28%
wv senior advantage isnp $13.85 ↓ -27%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $13.85 ↓ -27%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $13.85 ↓ -27%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $13.85 ↓ -27%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $14.25 ↓ -25%
the health plan wv peia $14.64 ↓ -23%
alliance coal alliance coal $16.34 ↓ -14%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $19.60 ↑ +3%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $19.60 ↑ +3%
coventry health care worker's compensation $20.65 ↑ +9%

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Cell cryopreserve/storage at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $218.50 $8.50 – $55.37
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $252.50 $8.50 – $20.65
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $19.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $262.00 $12.35 – $20.65
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $19.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $224.50 $12.35 – $20.65
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $19.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $19.00 not published

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