Ghs fish cytogen 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

$205.00

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.

$410.00

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.

$20.24 with wellpoint wv vs $109.01 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 $20.24 ↓ -90%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $20.24 ↓ -90%
highmark health options chip $20.24 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $20.24 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $20.53 ↓ -90%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $20.63 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv chip $20.63 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv chip $20.63 ↓ -90%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $21.21 ↓ -90%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $21.42 ↓ -90%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $21.42 ↓ -90%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $21.42 ↓ -90%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $22.06 ↓ -89%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $22.06 ↓ -89%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $22.28 ↓ -89%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $22.49 ↓ -89%
humana medicare advantage all plans $22.49 ↓ -89%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $22.49 ↓ -89%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $22.49 ↓ -89%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $22.49 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $22.71 ↓ -89%
wv senior advantage isnp $22.71 ↓ -89%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $22.71 ↓ -89%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $22.71 ↓ -89%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $23.13 ↓ -89%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $23.35 ↓ -89%
alliance coal alliance coal $26.78 ↓ -87%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $32.13 ↓ -84%
coventry health care worker's compensation $33.84 ↓ -83%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $35.34 ↓ -83%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $109.01 ↓ -47%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $109.01 ↓ -47%

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