Prostatectomy (turp) 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

$4,931.00

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.

$9,862.00

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.

$205.80 with wellpoint wv vs $9,592.66 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 $205.80 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -96%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -96%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $853.60 ↓ -83%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $5,481.52 ↑ +11%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5,481.52 ↑ +11%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $5,481.52 ↑ +11%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $5,645.97 ↑ +14%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $5,645.97 ↑ +14%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $5,645.97 ↑ +14%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $5,700.78 ↑ +16%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $5,755.60 ↑ +17%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $5,755.60 ↑ +17%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $5,755.60 ↑ +17%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $5,755.60 ↑ +17%
humana medicare advantage all plans $5,755.60 ↑ +17%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $5,755.60 ↑ +17%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $5,755.60 ↑ +17%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $5,810.41 ↑ +18%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $5,810.41 ↑ +18%
wv senior advantage isnp $5,810.41 ↑ +18%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $5,810.41 ↑ +18%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $5,974.86 ↑ +21%
the health plan wv peia $6,139.30 ↑ +25%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $8,222.28 ↑ +67%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $8,222.28 ↑ +67%
coventry health care worker's compensation $8,660.80 ↑ +76%
alliance coal alliance coal $9,592.66 ↑ +95%

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Prostatectomy (turp) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $6,030.00 $205.80 – $13,676.60
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $959.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $11,872.00 $205.80 – $8,956.75
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $760.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $3,285.00 $205.80 – $9,030.58
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $599.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $4,929.00 $205.80 – $9,672.97
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $8,523.50 not published

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