Pet image full body 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

$2,579.00

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.

$5,158.00

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.

$66.14 with wellpoint wv vs $2,558.29 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 $66.14 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $66.14 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $66.14 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $66.14 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $67.08 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $67.40 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $67.40 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $67.40 ↓ -97%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $1,327.98 ↓ -49%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,461.88 ↓ -43%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,461.88 ↓ -43%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,461.88 ↓ -43%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $1,505.74 ↓ -42%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $1,505.74 ↓ -42%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $1,505.74 ↓ -42%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,520.36 ↓ -41%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,534.97 ↓ -40%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $1,534.97 ↓ -40%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,534.97 ↓ -40%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $1,534.97 ↓ -40%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,534.97 ↓ -40%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,534.97 ↓ -40%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,534.97 ↓ -40%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,549.59 ↓ -40%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,549.59 ↓ -40%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,549.59 ↓ -40%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,549.59 ↓ -40%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,593.45 ↓ -38%
the health plan wv peia $1,637.31 ↓ -37%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $2,192.82 ↓ -15%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $2,192.82 ↓ -15%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,309.77 ↓ -10%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,558.29 ↓ -1%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $3,785.50 $66.14 – $3,647.43
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $2,772.50 $66.14 – $2,579.71
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