Destruction mal lsn t/a/l >4cm 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

$174.00

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.

$348.00

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.

$128.61 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $1,974.89 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 $128.61 ↓ -26%
upmc for kids chip $128.61 ↓ -26%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $141.47 ↓ -19%
aetna better health pa chip $141.47 ↓ -19%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $141.47 ↓ -19%
health partners managed medicaid $162.05 ↓ -7%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↑ +18%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $205.80 ↑ +18%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↑ +18%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↑ +18%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↑ +20%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↑ +21%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↑ +21%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↑ +21%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $215.60 ↑ +24%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $388.04 ↑ +123%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $388.04 ↑ +123%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $388.04 ↑ +123%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $388.04 ↑ +123%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $388.04 ↑ +123%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $388.04 ↑ +123%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $399.68 ↑ +130%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $399.68 ↑ +130%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $403.56 ↑ +132%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $407.44 ↑ +134%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $407.44 ↑ +134%
humana medicare advantage all plans $407.44 ↑ +134%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $407.44 ↑ +134%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $407.44 ↑ +134%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $411.32 ↑ +136%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $411.32 ↑ +136%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $411.32 ↑ +136%
wv senior advantage isnp $411.32 ↑ +136%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $419.08 ↑ +141%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $422.96 ↑ +143%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $582.06 ↑ +235%
coventry health care worker's compensation $613.10 ↑ +252%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $640.27 ↑ +268%
alliance coal alliance coal $679.07 ↑ +290%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,974.89 ↑ +1035%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,974.89 ↑ +1035%

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Destruction mal lsn t/a/l >4cm at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $925.50 $135.04 – $1,036.92
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $706.00 $135.04 – $679.07
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $158.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $158.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $467.50 $205.80 – $733.39
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $158.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $143.50 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $490.00 $141.47 – $727.28

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