Clean out mastoid cavity 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

$156.00

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.

$312.00

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.

$92.50 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $2,620.07 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 $92.50 ↓ -41%
upmc for kids chip $92.50 ↓ -41%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $101.75 ↓ -35%
aetna better health pa chip $101.75 ↓ -35%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $101.75 ↓ -35%
health partners managed medicaid $116.55 ↓ -25%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↑ +32%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $205.80 ↑ +32%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↑ +32%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↑ +32%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↑ +34%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↑ +34%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↑ +34%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↑ +34%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $215.60 ↑ +38%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $514.81 ↑ +230%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $514.81 ↑ +230%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $514.81 ↑ +230%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $514.81 ↑ +230%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $514.81 ↑ +230%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $514.81 ↑ +230%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $530.25 ↑ +240%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $530.25 ↑ +240%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $535.40 ↑ +243%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $540.55 ↑ +247%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $540.55 ↑ +247%
humana medicare advantage all plans $540.55 ↑ +247%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $540.55 ↑ +247%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $540.55 ↑ +247%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $545.70 ↑ +250%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $545.70 ↑ +250%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $545.70 ↑ +250%
wv senior advantage isnp $545.70 ↑ +250%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $555.99 ↑ +256%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $561.14 ↑ +260%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $772.21 ↑ +395%
coventry health care worker's compensation $813.40 ↑ +421%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $849.44 ↑ +445%
alliance coal alliance coal $900.92 ↑ +478%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,620.07 ↑ +1580%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,620.07 ↑ +1580%

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Clean out mastoid cavity at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $7,977.75 $97.13 – $1,375.69
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $863.50 $97.13 – $900.92
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $620.00 $205.80 – $972.96
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $600.00 $101.75 – $964.90
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $620.00 $205.80 – $900.92
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,132.00 $205.80 – $2,605.40

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