Carbon dioxide 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

$24.50

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.

$49.00

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.

$4.61 with wellpoint west virginia vs $24.84 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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 west virginia mgd $4.61 ↓ -81%
wellpoint wv chip $4.61 ↓ -81%
highmark health options chip $4.61 ↓ -81%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $4.61 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $4.68 ↓ -81%
aetna better health wv chip $4.70 ↓ -81%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $4.70 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv chip $4.70 ↓ -81%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $4.83 ↓ -80%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $4.88 ↓ -80%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $4.88 ↓ -80%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $4.88 ↓ -80%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $4.88 ↓ -80%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $4.88 ↓ -80%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $4.88 ↓ -80%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $5.03 ↓ -79%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $5.03 ↓ -79%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $5.08 ↓ -79%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $5.12 ↓ -79%
humana medicare advantage all plans $5.12 ↓ -79%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $5.12 ↓ -79%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $5.12 ↓ -79%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $5.12 ↓ -79%
wv senior advantage isnp $5.17 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $5.17 ↓ -79%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $5.17 ↓ -79%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $5.17 ↓ -79%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $5.27 ↓ -78%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $5.32 ↓ -78%
alliance coal alliance coal $6.10 ↓ -75%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $6.72 ↓ -73%
upmc for kids chip $6.72 ↓ -73%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $7.32 ↓ -70%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $7.39 ↓ -70%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $7.39 ↓ -70%
aetna better health pa chip $7.39 ↓ -70%
coventry health care worker's compensation $7.71 ↓ -69%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $8.05 ↓ -67%
health partners managed medicaid $8.47 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $24.84 ↑ +1%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $24.84 ↑ +1%

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Carbon dioxide at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $30.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $85.00 $3.17 – $20.67
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $9.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $44.50 $3.17 – $7.71
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $13.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $34.00 $4.61 – $7.71
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $71.00 $4.61 – $7.71
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $44.00 $4.61 – $7.71

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