Ammonia at Weirton Medical Center

601 Colliers Way, Weirton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1922009505

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 10, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$74.00

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.

$148.00

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.

$5.00 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $74.15 with blue cross blue shield ppo — 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
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $5.00 ↓ -93%
upmc for kids chip $5.00 ↓ -93%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $5.50 ↓ -93%
aetna better health pa chip $5.50 ↓ -93%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $5.50 ↓ -93%
health partners managed medicaid $6.30 ↓ -91%
highmark health options chip $13.77 ↓ -81%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $13.77 ↓ -81%
wellpoint wv chip $13.77 ↓ -81%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $13.77 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $13.96 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv chip $14.03 ↓ -81%
aetna better health wv chip $14.03 ↓ -81%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $14.03 ↓ -81%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $14.42 ↓ -81%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $14.57 ↓ -80%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $14.57 ↓ -80%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $14.57 ↓ -80%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $14.57 ↓ -80%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $14.57 ↓ -80%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $14.57 ↓ -80%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $15.01 ↓ -80%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $15.01 ↓ -80%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $15.15 ↓ -80%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $15.30 ↓ -79%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $15.30 ↓ -79%
humana medicare advantage all plans $15.30 ↓ -79%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $15.30 ↓ -79%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $15.30 ↓ -79%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $15.44 ↓ -79%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $15.44 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $15.44 ↓ -79%
wv senior advantage isnp $15.44 ↓ -79%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $15.74 ↓ -79%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $15.88 ↓ -79%
alliance coal alliance coal $18.21 ↓ -75%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $21.86 ↓ -70%
coventry health care worker's compensation $23.02 ↓ -69%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $24.04 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $74.15 ↑ +0%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $74.15 ↑ +0%

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Ammonia at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $98.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $88.00 $5.00 – $61.73
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $120.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $135.00 $5.25 – $23.02
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $98.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $110.00 $5.35 – $23.02
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $60.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $100.00 $13.77 – $23.02

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