Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body 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

$2,900.50

Cash price

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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.

$5,801.00

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.

$196.18 with molina oh medicare advantage vs $998.44 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
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $196.18 ↓ -93%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $196.18 ↓ -93%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $196.18 ↓ -93%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $196.18 ↓ -93%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $196.18 ↓ -93%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $196.18 ↓ -93%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $202.07 ↓ -93%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $202.07 ↓ -93%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $204.03 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -93%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -93%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $205.80 ↓ -93%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -93%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $205.99 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage all plans $205.99 ↓ -93%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $205.99 ↓ -93%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $205.99 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $205.99 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $207.95 ↓ -93%
wv senior advantage isnp $207.95 ↓ -93%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $207.95 ↓ -93%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $207.95 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -93%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -93%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $211.87 ↓ -93%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $213.84 ↓ -93%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $215.60 ↓ -93%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $294.27 ↓ -90%
coventry health care worker's compensation $309.96 ↓ -89%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $323.70 ↓ -89%
alliance coal alliance coal $343.32 ↓ -88%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $998.44 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $998.44 ↓ -66%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral inc cavity creation ea addl thoracic/lumbar vertebral body at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $2,453.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $4,528.00 $127.52 – $831.12
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $358.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $8,865.50 $127.52 – $343.32
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $2,696.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $3,786.50 $196.18 – $343.32
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $2,239.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $3,183.00 $196.18 – $343.32

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