Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis 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

$369.00

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.

$738.00

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.

$82.63 with upmc for you medicaid vs $170.10 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 $82.63 ↓ -78%
highmark health options chip $91.11 ↓ -75%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $91.11 ↓ -75%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $91.11 ↓ -75%
wellpoint wv chip $91.11 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $92.41 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv chip $92.84 ↓ -75%
aetna better health wv chip $92.84 ↓ -75%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $92.84 ↓ -75%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $97.20 ↓ -74%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $97.20 ↓ -74%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $97.20 ↓ -74%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $100.12 ↓ -73%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $100.12 ↓ -73%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $100.12 ↓ -73%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $101.09 ↓ -73%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $102.06 ↓ -72%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $102.06 ↓ -72%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $102.06 ↓ -72%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $102.06 ↓ -72%
humana medicare advantage all plans $102.06 ↓ -72%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $102.06 ↓ -72%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $102.06 ↓ -72%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $103.03 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $103.03 ↓ -72%
wv senior advantage isnp $103.03 ↓ -72%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $103.03 ↓ -72%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $105.95 ↓ -71%
the health plan wv peia $108.86 ↓ -70%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $145.80 ↓ -60%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $145.80 ↓ -60%
coventry health care worker's compensation $153.58 ↓ -58%
alliance coal alliance coal $170.10 ↓ -54%

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Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,332.50 $59.48 – $387.68
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,096.00 $58.99 – $158.81
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $91.00 not published
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $739.00 $90.75 – $459.28

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