Immunoglobulin assay 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

$187.00

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.

$374.00

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.

$11.77 with wellpoint west virginia vs $63.41 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 west virginia mgd $11.77 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $11.77 ↓ -94%
highmark health options chip $11.77 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $11.77 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $11.94 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $11.99 ↓ -94%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $11.99 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $11.99 ↓ -94%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $12.33 ↓ -93%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $12.46 ↓ -93%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $12.46 ↓ -93%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $12.46 ↓ -93%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $12.46 ↓ -93%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $12.46 ↓ -93%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $12.46 ↓ -93%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $12.83 ↓ -93%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $12.83 ↓ -93%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $12.96 ↓ -93%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $13.08 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage all plans $13.08 ↓ -93%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $13.08 ↓ -93%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $13.08 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $13.08 ↓ -93%
wv senior advantage isnp $13.21 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $13.21 ↓ -93%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $13.21 ↓ -93%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $13.21 ↓ -93%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $13.46 ↓ -93%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $13.58 ↓ -93%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $15.20 ↓ -92%
upmc for kids chip $15.20 ↓ -92%
alliance coal alliance coal $15.57 ↓ -92%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $16.72 ↓ -91%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $16.72 ↓ -91%
aetna better health pa chip $16.72 ↓ -91%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $18.69 ↓ -90%
health partners managed medicaid $19.15 ↓ -90%
coventry health care worker's compensation $19.69 ↓ -89%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $20.56 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $63.41 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $63.41 ↓ -66%

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Immunoglobulin assay at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $50.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $169.00 $8.10 – $52.79
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $143.00 $8.10 – $19.69
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $54.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $265.50 $11.77 – $19.69
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $34.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $69.00 $11.77 – $19.69
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $54.00 not published

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