Gi wireless capsule measure 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

$1,020.50

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.

$2,041.00

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.

$76.94 with wellpoint wv vs $1,622.65 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 $76.94 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $76.94 ↓ -92%
highmark health options chip $76.94 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $76.94 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $78.04 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $78.41 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $78.41 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $78.41 ↓ -92%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $927.23 ↓ -9%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $927.23 ↓ -9%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $927.23 ↓ -9%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $955.05 ↓ -6%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $955.05 ↓ -6%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $955.05 ↓ -6%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $964.32 ↓ -6%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $973.59 ↓ -5%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $973.59 ↓ -5%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $973.59 ↓ -5%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $973.59 ↓ -5%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $973.59 ↓ -5%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $973.59 ↓ -5%
humana medicare advantage all plans $973.59 ↓ -5%
wv senior advantage isnp $982.86 ↓ -4%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $982.86 ↓ -4%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $982.86 ↓ -4%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $982.86 ↓ -4%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,010.68 ↓ -1%
the health plan wv peia $1,038.50 ↑ +2%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,390.85 ↑ +36%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,390.85 ↑ +36%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,465.02 ↑ +44%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,622.65 ↑ +59%

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Gi wireless capsule measure at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,352.50 $76.94 – $3,698.51
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,020.50 $76.94 – $1,515.10
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,042.50 $76.94 – $1,527.58
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,182.50 $76.94 – $1,636.25
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $809.50 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,182.50 $76.94 – $1,515.10
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $1,042.50 $76.94 – $5,400.74
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,054.50 $76.94 – $4,381.58

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