Collection of venous blood by venipuncture 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

$30.00

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$60.00

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.

$9.34 with united mine workers of america medicare advantage vs $47.53 with blue cross blue shield traditional — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $9.34 ↓ -69%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $9.34 ↓ -69%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $9.34 ↓ -69%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $9.34 ↓ -69%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $9.34 ↓ -69%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $9.34 ↓ -69%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $9.54 ↓ -68%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $9.54 ↓ -68%
highmark health options chip $9.54 ↓ -68%
wellpoint wv chip $9.54 ↓ -68%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $9.62 ↓ -68%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $9.62 ↓ -68%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $9.68 ↓ -68%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $9.71 ↓ -68%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $9.73 ↓ -68%
aetna better health wv chip $9.73 ↓ -68%
the health plan wv chip $9.73 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $9.81 ↓ -67%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $9.81 ↓ -67%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $9.81 ↓ -67%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $9.81 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage all plans $9.81 ↓ -67%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $9.90 ↓ -67%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $9.90 ↓ -67%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $9.90 ↓ -67%
wv senior advantage isnp $9.90 ↓ -67%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $10.00 ↓ -67%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $10.09 ↓ -66%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $10.18 ↓ -66%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $14.01 ↓ -53%
coventry health care worker's compensation $14.76 ↓ -51%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $15.41 ↓ -49%
alliance coal alliance coal $16.34 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $47.53 ↑ +58%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $47.53 ↑ +58%

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Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $9.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $52.00 $6.07 – $39.57
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $9.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $24.00 $6.07 – $16.34
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $9.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $16.00 $9.34 – $16.34
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $6.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $18.00 $9.34 – $16.34

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