Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Weirton Medical Center
601 Colliers Way, Weirton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1922009505
$351.50
Cash price 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.
$703.00
Gross charge 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.
$49.82 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $1,491.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| amerihealth caritas pa | medicaid | $49.82 | ↓ -86% |
| upmc for kids | chip | $49.82 | ↓ -86% |
| upmc for you medicaid | upmc for you medicaid | $54.80 | ↓ -84% |
| aetna better health pa | chip | $54.80 | ↓ -84% |
| pennsylvania health & wellness | medicaid | $54.80 | ↓ -84% |
| health partners | managed medicaid | $62.77 | ↓ -82% |
| highmark health options | chip | $104.00 | ↓ -70% |
| aetna better health wv | chip | $104.00 | ↓ -70% |
| aetna | better health mgd medicaid | $104.00 | ↓ -70% |
| wellpoint west virginia | mgd | $104.00 | ↓ -70% |
| wellpoint wv | chip | $104.00 | ↓ -70% |
| highmark health options west va | mgd mcaid | $104.00 | ↓ -70% |
| highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid | highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid | $104.00 | ↓ -70% |
| the health plan wv | chip | $104.00 | ↓ -70% |
| the health plan wv | mgd mcaid | $104.00 | ↓ -70% |
| anthem medicare advantage ppo | anthem medicare advantage ppo | $293.01 | ↓ -17% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $293.01 | ↓ -17% |
| upmc for life medicare advantage | all plans | $293.01 | ↓ -17% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $293.01 | ↓ -17% |
| molina oh medicare advantage | all plans | $293.01 | ↓ -17% |
| caresource oh medicare advantage | all plans | $293.01 | ↓ -17% |
| anthem ohio | managed medicaid | $301.80 | ↓ -14% |
| anthem oh medicare advantage | hmo | $301.80 | ↓ -14% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $304.73 | ↓ -13% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $307.66 | ↓ -12% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $307.66 | ↓ -12% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $307.66 | ↓ -12% |
| senior life medicare advantage | all plans | $307.66 | ↓ -12% |
| buckeye oh medicare advantage | all plans | $307.66 | ↓ -12% |
| geisinger pa medicare advantage | all plans | $310.59 | ↓ -12% |
| valor health medicare advantage | all plans | $310.59 | ↓ -12% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $310.59 | ↓ -12% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $310.59 | ↓ -12% |
| amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage | amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage | $316.45 | ↓ -10% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $319.38 | ↓ -9% |
| buckeye commercial | exchange plan | $439.52 | ↑ +25% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $462.96 | ↑ +32% |
| caresource oh exchange | caresource oh exchange | $483.47 | ↑ +38% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $512.77 | ↑ +46% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $1,491.25 | ↑ +324% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $1,491.25 | ↑ +324% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jefferson Medical Center | Ranson | $527.50 | not published |
| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $4,056.67 | $49.82 – $1,251.72 |
| Grant Memorial Hospital | Petersburg | $470.40 | not published |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital | Glen Dale | $1,061.00 | $52.31 – $512.77 |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center | Summersville | $413.50 | not published |
| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $959.00 | $53.31 – $206.80 |
| Braxton County Memorial Hospital | Gassaway | $321.50 | not published |
| United Hospital Center | Bridgeport | $486.00 | $105.00 – $553.75 |