Cover eye w/membrane suture 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

$4,588.00

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.

$9,176.00

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.

$77.21 with wellpoint wv vs $7,033.58 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
wellpoint wv chip $77.21 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $77.21 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $77.21 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $77.21 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $78.31 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $78.68 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $78.68 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $78.68 ↓ -98%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $853.60 ↓ -81%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $4,019.19 ↓ -12%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $4,019.19 ↓ -12%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $4,019.19 ↓ -12%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $4,139.77 ↓ -10%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $4,139.77 ↓ -10%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $4,139.77 ↓ -10%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $4,179.96 ↓ -9%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $4,220.15 ↓ -8%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $4,220.15 ↓ -8%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $4,220.15 ↓ -8%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $4,220.15 ↓ -8%
humana medicare advantage all plans $4,220.15 ↓ -8%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $4,220.15 ↓ -8%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $4,220.15 ↓ -8%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $4,260.34 ↓ -7%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $4,260.34 ↓ -7%
wv senior advantage isnp $4,260.34 ↓ -7%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $4,260.34 ↓ -7%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $4,380.92 ↓ -5%
the health plan wv peia $4,501.49 ↓ -2%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $6,028.78 ↑ +31%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $6,028.78 ↑ +31%
coventry health care worker's compensation $6,350.32 ↑ +38%
alliance coal alliance coal $7,033.58 ↑ +53%

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Cover eye w/membrane suture at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $4,414.00 $77.21 – $10,028.02
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $3,773.00 $77.21 – $6,567.30
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $3,973.00 $77.21 – $7,092.45
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $3,973.00 $77.21 – $6,567.30
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $2,477.88 $3,752.74 – $18,992.24

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