Assay of tyrosine 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

$338.00

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.

$676.00

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.

$2.00 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $54.10 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 $2.00 ↓ -99%
upmc for kids chip $2.00 ↓ -99%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $2.20 ↓ -99%
aetna better health pa chip $2.20 ↓ -99%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $2.20 ↓ -99%
health partners managed medicaid $2.52 ↓ -99%
highmark health options chip $10.05 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $10.05 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $10.05 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $10.05 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $10.19 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $10.24 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $10.24 ↓ -97%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $10.24 ↓ -97%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $10.53 ↓ -97%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $10.63 ↓ -97%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $10.63 ↓ -97%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $10.63 ↓ -97%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $10.63 ↓ -97%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $10.63 ↓ -97%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $10.63 ↓ -97%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $10.95 ↓ -97%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $10.95 ↓ -97%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $11.06 ↓ -97%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $11.16 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $11.16 ↓ -97%
humana medicare advantage all plans $11.16 ↓ -97%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $11.16 ↓ -97%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $11.16 ↓ -97%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $11.27 ↓ -97%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $11.27 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $11.27 ↓ -97%
wv senior advantage isnp $11.27 ↓ -97%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $11.48 ↓ -97%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $11.59 ↓ -97%
alliance coal alliance coal $13.29 ↓ -96%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $15.94 ↓ -95%
coventry health care worker's compensation $16.80 ↓ -95%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $17.54 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $54.10 ↓ -84%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $54.10 ↓ -84%

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Assay of tyrosine at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $338.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $338.00 $2.00 – $45.03
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $540.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $338.00 $2.10 – $16.80
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $338.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $338.00 $2.14 – $16.80
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $338.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $338.00 $10.05 – $16.80

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