Bone/joint imaging ltd area 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

$648.00

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.

$1,296.00

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.

$21.87 with wellpoint wv vs $1,942.12 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
wellpoint wv chip $21.87 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $21.87 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $21.87 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $21.87 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $22.18 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $22.29 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $22.29 ↓ -97%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $22.29 ↓ -97%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $22.91 ↓ -96%
upmc for kids chip $41.50 ↓ -94%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $41.50 ↓ -94%
aetna better health pa chip $45.65 ↓ -93%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $45.65 ↓ -93%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $45.65 ↓ -93%
health partners managed medicaid $52.29 ↓ -92%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $381.60 ↓ -41%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $381.60 ↓ -41%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $381.60 ↓ -41%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $381.60 ↓ -41%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $381.60 ↓ -41%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $381.60 ↓ -41%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $393.05 ↓ -39%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $393.05 ↓ -39%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $396.86 ↓ -39%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $400.68 ↓ -38%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $400.68 ↓ -38%
humana medicare advantage all plans $400.68 ↓ -38%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $400.68 ↓ -38%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $400.68 ↓ -38%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $404.50 ↓ -38%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $404.50 ↓ -38%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $404.50 ↓ -38%
wv senior advantage isnp $404.50 ↓ -38%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $412.13 ↓ -36%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $415.94 ↓ -36%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $572.40 ↓ -12%
coventry health care worker's compensation $602.93 ↓ -7%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $629.64 ↓ -3%
alliance coal alliance coal $667.80 ↑ +3%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,942.12 ↑ +200%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,942.12 ↑ +200%

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Bone/joint imaging ltd area at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $842.50 $21.87 – $1,630.21
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $810.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $757.50 $21.87 – $667.80
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $611.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $696.00 $21.87 – $673.31
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $718.00 $21.87 – $721.21
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $430.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $383.50 not published

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