Ins/rplc spi npg/rcvr pocket 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

$7,041.67

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.

$14,083.33

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.

$66.22 with upmc for you medicaid vs $55,206.80 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 $66.22 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -97%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $31,546.74 ↑ +348%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $31,546.74 ↑ +348%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $31,546.74 ↑ +348%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $32,493.14 ↑ +361%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $32,493.14 ↑ +361%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $32,493.14 ↑ +361%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $32,808.61 ↑ +366%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $33,124.08 ↑ +370%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $33,124.08 ↑ +370%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $33,124.08 ↑ +370%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $33,124.08 ↑ +370%
humana medicare advantage all plans $33,124.08 ↑ +370%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $33,124.08 ↑ +370%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $33,124.08 ↑ +370%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $33,439.54 ↑ +375%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $33,439.54 ↑ +375%
wv senior advantage isnp $33,439.54 ↑ +375%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $33,439.54 ↑ +375%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $34,385.95 ↑ +388%
the health plan wv peia $35,332.35 ↑ +402%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $47,320.11 ↑ +572%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $47,320.11 ↑ +572%
coventry health care worker's compensation $49,843.85 ↑ +608%
alliance coal alliance coal $55,206.80 ↑ +684%

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Ins/rplc spi npg/rcvr pocket at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $4,998.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $6,715.34 $60.20 – $125,832.44
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $5,145.00 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $5,874.00 $205.80 – $51,546.97
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $5,997.50 $60.20 – $183,747.14
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $13,843.00 $205.80 – $149,070.88

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