Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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

$274.00

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.

$548.00

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.

$31.91 with wellpoint wv vs $1,159.16 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
wellpoint wv chip $31.91 ↓ -88%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $31.91 ↓ -88%
highmark health options chip $31.91 ↓ -88%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $31.91 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $32.37 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv chip $32.52 ↓ -88%
aetna better health wv chip $32.52 ↓ -88%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $32.52 ↓ -88%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $33.43 ↓ -88%
upmc for kids chip $95.00 ↓ -65%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $95.00 ↓ -65%
aetna better health pa chip $104.50 ↓ -62%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $104.50 ↓ -62%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $104.50 ↓ -62%
health partners managed medicaid $119.70 ↓ -56%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $227.76 ↓ -17%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $227.76 ↓ -17%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $227.76 ↓ -17%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $227.76 ↓ -17%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $227.76 ↓ -17%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $227.76 ↓ -17%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $234.59 ↓ -14%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $234.59 ↓ -14%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $236.87 ↓ -14%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $239.15 ↓ -13%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $239.15 ↓ -13%
humana medicare advantage all plans $239.15 ↓ -13%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $239.15 ↓ -13%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $239.15 ↓ -13%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $241.43 ↓ -12%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $241.43 ↓ -12%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $241.43 ↓ -12%
wv senior advantage isnp $241.43 ↓ -12%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $245.98 ↓ -10%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $248.26 ↓ -9%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $341.64 ↑ +25%
coventry health care worker's compensation $359.86 ↑ +31%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $375.80 ↑ +37%
alliance coal alliance coal $398.58 ↑ +45%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,159.16 ↑ +323%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,159.16 ↑ +323%

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $556.00 $31.91 – $608.63
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $76.80 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $143.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,049.50 $31.91 – $430.46
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $479.50 $31.91 – $426.88
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,049.50 $31.91 – $398.58
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $143.00 not published
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,142.00 $31.91 – $1,152.67

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