ER Visit (level 2) 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

$370.50

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.

$741.00

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.

$25.00 with highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage vs $1,200.00 with molina oh exchange — 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
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $25.00 ↓ -93%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $36.28 ↓ -90%
highmark health options chip $52.50 ↓ -86%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $52.50 ↓ -86%
wellpoint wv chip $52.50 ↓ -86%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $52.50 ↓ -86%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $53.25 ↓ -86%
aetna better health wv chip $53.50 ↓ -86%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $53.50 ↓ -86%
the health plan wv chip $53.50 ↓ -86%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $156.98 ↓ -58%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $156.98 ↓ -58%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $156.98 ↓ -58%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $161.69 ↓ -56%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $161.69 ↓ -56%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $163.26 ↓ -56%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $164.83 ↓ -56%
humana medicare advantage all plans $164.83 ↓ -56%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $164.83 ↓ -56%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $164.83 ↓ -56%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $164.83 ↓ -56%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $164.83 ↓ -56%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $164.83 ↓ -56%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $166.40 ↓ -55%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $166.40 ↓ -55%
wv senior advantage isnp $166.40 ↓ -55%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $166.40 ↓ -55%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $171.11 ↓ -54%
the health plan wv peia $175.82 ↓ -53%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $235.47 ↓ -36%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $235.47 ↓ -36%
coventry health care worker's compensation $248.03 ↓ -33%
alliance coal alliance coal $274.71 ↓ -26%
molina oh exchange molina oh exchange $1,200.00 ↑ +224%

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ER Visit (level 2) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $199.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $466.50 $32.98 – $626.11
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $339.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $349.00 $36.28 – $256.50
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $184.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $769.00 $52.50 – $258.60
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $142.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $272.00 $52.50 – $277.01

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