Emg needle test 1-extremity 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

$611.00

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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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$1,222.00

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.

$17.50 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $646.35 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 $17.50 ↓ -97%
upmc for kids chip $17.50 ↓ -97%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $19.25 ↓ -97%
aetna better health pa chip $19.25 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $19.25 ↓ -97%
health partners managed medicaid $22.05 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $36.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $36.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $36.80 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $36.80 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $37.33 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $37.50 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $37.50 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $37.50 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $38.56 ↓ -94%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $127.00 ↓ -79%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $127.00 ↓ -79%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $127.00 ↓ -79%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $127.00 ↓ -79%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $127.00 ↓ -79%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $127.00 ↓ -79%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $130.81 ↓ -79%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $130.81 ↓ -79%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $132.08 ↓ -78%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $133.35 ↓ -78%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $133.35 ↓ -78%
humana medicare advantage all plans $133.35 ↓ -78%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $133.35 ↓ -78%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $133.35 ↓ -78%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $134.62 ↓ -78%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $134.62 ↓ -78%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $134.62 ↓ -78%
wv senior advantage isnp $134.62 ↓ -78%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $137.16 ↓ -78%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $138.43 ↓ -77%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $190.50 ↓ -69%
coventry health care worker's compensation $200.66 ↓ -67%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $209.55 ↓ -66%
alliance coal alliance coal $222.25 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $646.35 ↑ +6%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $646.35 ↑ +6%

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Emg needle test 1-extremity at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,442.00 $17.50 – $542.57
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $366.00 $36.80 – $240.01
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $366.00 $36.80 – $222.25
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $290.00 $36.80 – $642.73

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