Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level 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

$1,963.34

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,926.67

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$25.00 with highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage vs $1,582.40 with alliance coal — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $25.00 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $79.21 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -90%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -90%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -89%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $904.23 ↓ -54%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $904.23 ↓ -54%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $904.23 ↓ -54%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $931.36 ↓ -53%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $931.36 ↓ -53%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $940.40 ↓ -52%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $949.44 ↓ -52%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $949.44 ↓ -52%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $949.44 ↓ -52%
humana medicare advantage all plans $949.44 ↓ -52%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $949.44 ↓ -52%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $949.44 ↓ -52%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $949.44 ↓ -52%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $958.48 ↓ -51%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $958.48 ↓ -51%
wv senior advantage isnp $958.48 ↓ -51%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $958.48 ↓ -51%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $985.61 ↓ -50%
the health plan wv peia $1,012.74 ↓ -48%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,356.34 ↓ -31%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,356.34 ↓ -31%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,428.68 ↓ -27%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,582.40 ↓ -19%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $847.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $3,332.00 $72.01 – $3,606.74
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $146.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $12,292.00 $75.61 – $1,477.49
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $3,420.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $4,822.00 $77.05 – $744.84
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $898.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,017.50 $205.80 – $1,595.63

All West-virginia hospitals for this procedure →