Natriuretic peptide 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

$141.00

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.

$282.00

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.

$37.10 with wellpoint west virginia vs $62.03 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
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $37.10 ↓ -74%
highmark health options chip $37.10 ↓ -74%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $37.10 ↓ -74%
wellpoint wv chip $37.10 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $37.63 ↓ -73%
the health plan wv chip $37.80 ↓ -73%
aetna better health wv chip $37.80 ↓ -73%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $37.80 ↓ -73%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $39.26 ↓ -72%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $39.26 ↓ -72%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $39.26 ↓ -72%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $40.44 ↓ -71%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $40.44 ↓ -71%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $40.44 ↓ -71%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $40.83 ↓ -71%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $41.22 ↓ -71%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $41.22 ↓ -71%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $41.22 ↓ -71%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $41.22 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $41.22 ↓ -71%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $41.22 ↓ -71%
humana medicare advantage all plans $41.22 ↓ -71%
wv senior advantage isnp $41.62 ↓ -70%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $41.62 ↓ -70%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $41.62 ↓ -70%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $41.62 ↓ -70%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $41.73 ↓ -70%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $42.79 ↓ -70%
the health plan wv peia $43.97 ↓ -69%
alliance coal alliance coal $49.08 ↓ -65%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $58.89 ↓ -58%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $58.89 ↓ -58%
coventry health care worker's compensation $62.03 ↓ -56%

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Natriuretic peptide at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $101.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $168.50 $25.52 – $166.32
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $72.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $144.00 $25.52 – $62.03
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $184.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $101.50 $37.10 – $62.03
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $83.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $120.00 $37.10 – $62.03

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