Ol dig e/m svc 5-10 min 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

$13.00

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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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$26.00

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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$9.52 with wellpoint west virginia vs $19.34 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 west virginia mgd mcaid $9.52 ↓ -27%
highmark health options chip $9.52 ↓ -27%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $9.52 ↓ -27%
wellpoint wv chip $9.52 ↓ -27%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $9.66 ↓ -26%
the health plan wv chip $9.70 ↓ -25%
aetna better health wv chip $9.70 ↓ -25%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $9.70 ↓ -25%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $11.05 ↓ -15%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $11.05 ↓ -15%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $11.05 ↓ -15%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $11.38 ↓ -12%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $11.38 ↓ -12%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $11.38 ↓ -12%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $11.49 ↓ -12%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $11.60 ↓ -11%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $11.60 ↓ -11%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $11.60 ↓ -11%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $11.60 ↓ -11%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $11.60 ↓ -11%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $11.60 ↓ -11%
humana medicare advantage all plans $11.60 ↓ -11%
wv senior advantage isnp $11.71 ↓ -10%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $11.71 ↓ -10%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $11.71 ↓ -10%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $11.71 ↓ -10%
the health plan wv peia $12.38 ↓ -5%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $16.58 ↑ +28%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $16.58 ↑ +28%
coventry health care worker's compensation $17.46 ↑ +34%
alliance coal alliance coal $19.34 ↑ +49%

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Ol dig e/m svc 5-10 min at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $12.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $20.00 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $14.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $14.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $14.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $14.00 not published
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $12.50 $9.52 – $64.36
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $16.50 not published

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