Dialysis circuit perm vascular embolization 36909 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

$625.00

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,250.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$145.66 with upmc for kids vs $930.55 with blue cross blue shield ppo — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
upmc for kids chip $145.66 ↓ -77%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $145.66 ↓ -77%
highmark health options chip $152.61 ↓ -76%
wellpoint wv chip $152.61 ↓ -76%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $152.61 ↓ -76%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $152.61 ↓ -76%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $154.79 ↓ -75%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $155.51 ↓ -75%
aetna better health wv chip $155.51 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv chip $155.51 ↓ -75%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $159.87 ↓ -74%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $160.23 ↓ -74%
aetna better health pa chip $160.23 ↓ -74%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $160.23 ↓ -74%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $182.84 ↓ -71%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $182.84 ↓ -71%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $182.84 ↓ -71%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $182.84 ↓ -71%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $182.84 ↓ -71%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $182.84 ↓ -71%
health partners managed medicaid $183.53 ↓ -71%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $188.33 ↓ -70%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $188.33 ↓ -70%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $190.15 ↓ -70%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $191.98 ↓ -69%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $191.98 ↓ -69%
humana medicare advantage all plans $191.98 ↓ -69%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $191.98 ↓ -69%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $191.98 ↓ -69%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $193.81 ↓ -69%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $193.81 ↓ -69%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $193.81 ↓ -69%
wv senior advantage isnp $193.81 ↓ -69%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $197.47 ↓ -68%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $199.30 ↓ -68%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $274.26 ↓ -56%
coventry health care worker's compensation $288.89 ↓ -54%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $301.69 ↓ -52%
alliance coal alliance coal $319.97 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $930.55 ↑ +49%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $930.55 ↑ +49%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Dialysis circuit perm vascular embolization 36909 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $5,663.50 $118.85 – $774.60
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $335.20 not published
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $2,806.00 $152.61 – $925.33

All West-virginia hospitals for this procedure →