Insitu hybridization (fish) 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

$82.00

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.

$164.00

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.

$70.75 with upmc for you medicaid vs $275.19 with coventry health care — 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 $70.75 ↓ -14%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $174.17 ↑ +112%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $174.17 ↑ +112%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $174.17 ↑ +112%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $179.40 ↑ +119%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $179.40 ↑ +119%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $179.40 ↑ +119%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $181.14 ↑ +121%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $182.88 ↑ +123%
humana medicare advantage all plans $182.88 ↑ +123%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $182.88 ↑ +123%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $182.88 ↑ +123%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $182.88 ↑ +123%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $182.88 ↑ +123%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $182.88 ↑ +123%
wv senior advantage isnp $184.62 ↑ +125%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $184.62 ↑ +125%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $184.62 ↑ +125%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $184.62 ↑ +125%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $189.85 ↑ +132%
the health plan wv peia $195.07 ↑ +138%
alliance coal alliance coal $217.71 ↑ +166%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $261.25 ↑ +219%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $261.25 ↑ +219%
coventry health care worker's compensation $275.19 ↑ +236%

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Insitu hybridization (fish) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $734.50 $67.54 – $259.10
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $131.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $82.00 $67.54 – $256.96
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $164.00 $68.82 – $259.07
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $154.50 $175.64 – $277.51
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $154.50 $162.63 – $256.96

All West-virginia hospitals for this procedure →