Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 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

$231.00

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$462.00

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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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$26.50 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $974.72 with blue cross blue shield ppo — 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
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $26.50 ↓ -89%
upmc for kids chip $26.50 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $29.15 ↓ -87%
aetna better health pa chip $29.15 ↓ -87%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $29.15 ↓ -87%
health partners managed medicaid $33.39 ↓ -86%
highmark health options chip $105.00 ↓ -55%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $105.00 ↓ -55%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↓ -55%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -55%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -54%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -54%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -54%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -54%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $110.00 ↓ -52%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $191.52 ↓ -17%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $191.52 ↓ -17%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $191.52 ↓ -17%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $191.52 ↓ -17%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $191.52 ↓ -17%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $191.52 ↓ -17%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $197.27 ↓ -15%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $197.27 ↓ -15%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $199.18 ↓ -14%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $201.10 ↓ -13%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $201.10 ↓ -13%
humana medicare advantage all plans $201.10 ↓ -13%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $201.10 ↓ -13%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $201.10 ↓ -13%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $203.01 ↓ -12%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $203.01 ↓ -12%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $203.01 ↓ -12%
wv senior advantage isnp $203.01 ↓ -12%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $206.84 ↓ -10%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $208.76 ↓ -10%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $287.28 ↑ +24%
coventry health care worker's compensation $302.60 ↑ +31%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $316.01 ↑ +37%
alliance coal alliance coal $335.16 ↑ +45%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $974.72 ↑ +322%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $974.72 ↑ +322%

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