Nm imaging gastric emptying study 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

$501.50

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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.

$1,003.00

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.

$27.54 with wellpoint wv vs $715.22 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 $27.54 ↓ -95%
highmark health options chip $27.54 ↓ -95%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $27.54 ↓ -95%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $27.54 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $27.93 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $28.07 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $28.07 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $28.07 ↓ -94%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $108.90 ↓ -78%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $408.70 ↓ -19%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $408.70 ↓ -19%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $408.70 ↓ -19%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $420.96 ↓ -16%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $420.96 ↓ -16%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $420.96 ↓ -16%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $425.05 ↓ -15%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $429.14 ↓ -14%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $429.14 ↓ -14%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $429.14 ↓ -14%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $429.14 ↓ -14%
humana medicare advantage all plans $429.14 ↓ -14%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $429.14 ↓ -14%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $429.14 ↓ -14%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $433.22 ↓ -14%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $433.22 ↓ -14%
wv senior advantage isnp $433.22 ↓ -14%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $433.22 ↓ -14%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $445.48 ↓ -11%
the health plan wv peia $457.74 ↓ -9%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $613.05 ↑ +22%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $613.05 ↑ +22%
coventry health care worker's compensation $645.75 ↑ +29%
alliance coal alliance coal $715.22 ↑ +43%

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Nm imaging gastric emptying study at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $786.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,100.50 $27.54 – $1,630.21
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $851.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,718.00 $27.54 – $667.80
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $498.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $752.00 $27.54 – $673.31
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $383.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,138.50 $27.54 – $721.21

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