Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos 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

$73.50

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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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$147.00

Gross charge

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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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$19.81 with wellpoint wv vs $238.04 with alliance coal — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $19.81 ↓ -73%
highmark health options chip $19.81 ↓ -73%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $19.81 ↓ -73%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $19.81 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $20.10 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv chip $20.19 ↓ -73%
aetna better health wv chip $20.19 ↓ -73%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $20.19 ↓ -73%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $25.00 ↓ -66%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $136.02 ↑ +85%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $136.02 ↑ +85%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $136.02 ↑ +85%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $140.10 ↑ +91%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $140.10 ↑ +91%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $141.46 ↑ +92%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $142.82 ↑ +94%
humana medicare advantage all plans $142.82 ↑ +94%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $142.82 ↑ +94%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $142.82 ↑ +94%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $142.82 ↑ +94%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $142.82 ↑ +94%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $142.82 ↑ +94%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $144.18 ↑ +96%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $144.18 ↑ +96%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $144.18 ↑ +96%
wv senior advantage isnp $144.18 ↑ +96%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $148.26 ↑ +102%
the health plan wv peia $152.34 ↑ +107%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $204.03 ↑ +178%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $204.03 ↑ +178%
coventry health care worker's compensation $214.91 ↑ +192%
alliance coal alliance coal $238.04 ↑ +224%

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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $170.50 $19.81 – $542.57
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $224.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $251.50 $19.81 – $222.25
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $130.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $193.50 $19.81 – $224.09
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $127.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $241.50 $19.81 – $240.01
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $120.00 not published

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