Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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

$2,519.00

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.

$5,038.00

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.

$8.23 with wellpoint wv vs $227.50 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 $8.23 ↓ -100%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $8.23 ↓ -100%
highmark health options chip $8.23 ↓ -100%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $8.23 ↓ -100%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $8.35 ↓ -100%
the health plan wv chip $8.39 ↓ -100%
aetna better health wv chip $8.39 ↓ -100%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $8.39 ↓ -100%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $8.62 ↓ -100%
upmc for kids chip $9.00 ↓ -100%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $9.00 ↓ -100%
aetna better health pa chip $9.90 ↓ -100%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $9.90 ↓ -100%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $9.90 ↓ -100%
health partners managed medicaid $11.34 ↓ -100%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $44.70 ↓ -98%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $44.70 ↓ -98%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $44.70 ↓ -98%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $44.70 ↓ -98%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $44.70 ↓ -98%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $44.70 ↓ -98%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $46.04 ↓ -98%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $46.04 ↓ -98%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $46.49 ↓ -98%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $46.94 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $46.94 ↓ -98%
humana medicare advantage all plans $46.94 ↓ -98%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $46.94 ↓ -98%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $46.94 ↓ -98%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $47.38 ↓ -98%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $47.38 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $47.38 ↓ -98%
wv senior advantage isnp $47.38 ↓ -98%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $48.28 ↓ -98%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $48.72 ↓ -98%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $67.05 ↓ -97%
coventry health care worker's compensation $70.63 ↓ -97%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $73.76 ↓ -97%
alliance coal alliance coal $78.23 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $227.50 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $227.50 ↓ -91%

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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $162.50 $74.68 – $74.68
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $844.80 $27.00 – $27.00
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,158.00 $8.23 – $78.23
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,195.00 $8.23 – $78.87
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $45.00 $27.00 – $27.00
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $120.50 $8.23 – $84.47
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $328.00 $24.00 – $24.00
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $190.00 $27.00 – $27.00

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