Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands 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

$12.00

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.

$24.00

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.

$16.50 with upmc for you medicaid vs $43.28 with coventry health care — 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
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $16.50 ↑ +38%
aetna better health wv chip $24.00 ↑ +100%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $24.00 ↑ +100%
the health plan wv chip $24.00 ↑ +100%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $24.00 ↑ +100%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $24.00 ↑ +100%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $24.00 ↑ +100%
wellpoint wv chip $24.00 ↑ +100%
highmark health options chip $24.00 ↑ +100%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $27.39 ↑ +128%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $27.39 ↑ +128%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $27.39 ↑ +128%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $28.21 ↑ +135%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $28.21 ↑ +135%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $28.21 ↑ +135%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $28.49 ↑ +137%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $28.76 ↑ +140%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $28.76 ↑ +140%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $28.76 ↑ +140%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $28.76 ↑ +140%
humana medicare advantage all plans $28.76 ↑ +140%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $28.76 ↑ +140%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $28.76 ↑ +140%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $29.03 ↑ +142%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $29.03 ↑ +142%
wv senior advantage isnp $29.03 ↑ +142%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $29.03 ↑ +142%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $29.86 ↑ +149%
the health plan wv peia $30.68 ↑ +156%
alliance coal alliance coal $34.24 ↑ +185%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $41.08 ↑ +242%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $41.08 ↑ +242%
coventry health care worker's compensation $43.28 ↑ +261%

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Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $347.50 $15.00 – $116.04
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $39.00 $15.75 – $43.28
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $108.00 $16.05 – $43.28
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $108.50 $25.88 – $43.28
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $108.50 $25.88 – $43.28
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $103.00 $15.00 – $159.54
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $118.00 $25.88 – $138.62
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $96.50 $15.00 – $139.40

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