Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording 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

$71.00

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.

$142.00

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.

$7.72 with wellpoint wv vs $66.82 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 $7.72 ↓ -89%
highmark health options chip $7.72 ↓ -89%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $7.72 ↓ -89%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $7.72 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.83 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv chip $7.86 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv chip $7.86 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $7.86 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $10.01 ↓ -86%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $38.18 ↓ -46%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $38.18 ↓ -46%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $38.18 ↓ -46%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $39.33 ↓ -45%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $39.33 ↓ -45%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $39.33 ↓ -45%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $39.71 ↓ -44%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $40.09 ↓ -44%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $40.09 ↓ -44%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $40.09 ↓ -44%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $40.09 ↓ -44%
humana medicare advantage all plans $40.09 ↓ -44%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $40.09 ↓ -44%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $40.09 ↓ -44%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $40.47 ↓ -43%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $40.47 ↓ -43%
wv senior advantage isnp $40.47 ↓ -43%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $40.47 ↓ -43%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $41.62 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv peia $42.76 ↓ -40%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $57.27 ↓ -19%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $57.27 ↓ -19%
coventry health care worker's compensation $60.32 ↓ -15%
alliance coal alliance coal $66.82 ↓ -6%

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Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $48.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $82.50 $7.72 – $152.30
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $79.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $179.50 $7.72 – $62.39
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $56.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $69.00 $7.72 – $62.90
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $54.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $73.00 $7.72 – $67.37

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