Socket insert without lock mech 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

$1,319.00

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.

$2,638.00

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.

$716.74 with united mine workers of america medicare advantage vs $1,254.29 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
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $716.74 ↓ -46%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $716.74 ↓ -46%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $716.74 ↓ -46%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $738.24 ↓ -44%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $738.24 ↓ -44%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $738.24 ↓ -44%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $745.41 ↓ -43%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $752.58 ↓ -43%
humana medicare advantage all plans $752.58 ↓ -43%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $752.58 ↓ -43%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $752.58 ↓ -43%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $752.58 ↓ -43%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $752.58 ↓ -43%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $752.58 ↓ -43%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $759.74 ↓ -42%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $759.74 ↓ -42%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $759.74 ↓ -42%
wv senior advantage isnp $759.74 ↓ -42%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $781.25 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv peia $802.75 ↓ -39%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,075.11 ↓ -18%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,075.11 ↓ -18%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,132.45 ↓ -14%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,254.29 ↓ -5%

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Socket insert without lock mech at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,188.00 $465.88 – $1,899.36
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,167.50 $465.88 – $1,254.30
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,192.50 $716.74 – $1,254.30
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,192.50 $716.74 – $1,254.30

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