Pt init/spiromet rec/review/interp 94016 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

$244.50

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.

$489.00

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.

$18.27 with wellpoint west virginia vs $42.16 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 $18.27 ↓ -93%
highmark health options chip $18.27 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $18.27 ↓ -93%
wellpoint wv chip $18.27 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $18.53 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $18.62 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $18.62 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $18.62 ↓ -92%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $24.09 ↓ -90%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $24.09 ↓ -90%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $24.09 ↓ -90%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $24.81 ↓ -90%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $24.81 ↓ -90%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $24.81 ↓ -90%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $25.05 ↓ -90%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $25.29 ↓ -90%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $25.29 ↓ -90%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $25.29 ↓ -90%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $25.29 ↓ -90%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $25.29 ↓ -90%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $25.29 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage all plans $25.29 ↓ -90%
wv senior advantage isnp $25.54 ↓ -90%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $25.54 ↓ -90%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $25.54 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $25.54 ↓ -90%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $26.26 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv peia $26.98 ↓ -89%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $36.14 ↓ -85%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $36.14 ↓ -85%
coventry health care worker's compensation $38.06 ↓ -84%
alliance coal alliance coal $42.16 ↓ -83%

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Pt init/spiromet rec/review/interp 94016 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $311.50 $15.66 – $102.06
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $269.00 $18.27 – $42.16
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $190.50 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $269.00 $18.27 – $42.16
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $260.50 $18.27 – $140.31
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $246.00 $18.27 – $121.92

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