MRI upper extremity other than joint without & w/contrast (both sides) 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

$5,474.50

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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.

$10,949.00

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.

$76.69 with wellpoint wv vs $624.16 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 $76.69 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $76.69 ↓ -99%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $76.69 ↓ -99%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $76.69 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $77.79 ↓ -99%
the health plan wv chip $78.15 ↓ -99%
aetna better health wv chip $78.15 ↓ -99%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $78.15 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $295.90 ↓ -95%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $356.66 ↓ -93%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $356.66 ↓ -93%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $356.66 ↓ -93%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $367.36 ↓ -93%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $367.36 ↓ -93%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $367.36 ↓ -93%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $370.93 ↓ -93%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $374.49 ↓ -93%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $374.49 ↓ -93%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $374.49 ↓ -93%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $374.49 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage all plans $374.49 ↓ -93%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $374.49 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $374.49 ↓ -93%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $378.06 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $378.06 ↓ -93%
wv senior advantage isnp $378.06 ↓ -93%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $378.06 ↓ -93%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $388.76 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv peia $399.46 ↓ -93%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $534.99 ↓ -90%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $534.99 ↓ -90%
coventry health care worker's compensation $563.52 ↓ -90%
alliance coal alliance coal $624.16 ↓ -89%

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MRI upper extremity other than joint without & w/contrast (both sides) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $1,854.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $3,067.50 $76.69 – $1,422.66
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,512.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $2,304.50 $76.69 – $582.78
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,690.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,859.00 $76.69 – $587.60
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $1,940.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,626.00 $76.69 – $629.39

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