Interrogate subq defib 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

$42.00

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.

$84.00

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.

$26.25 with wellpoint wv vs $181.28 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 $26.25 ↓ -38%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $26.25 ↓ -38%
highmark health options chip $26.25 ↓ -38%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $26.25 ↓ -38%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $26.63 ↓ -37%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $26.75 ↓ -36%
aetna better health wv chip $26.75 ↓ -36%
the health plan wv chip $26.75 ↓ -36%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $27.50 ↓ -35%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $35.62 ↓ -15%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $35.62 ↓ -15%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $35.62 ↓ -15%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $35.62 ↓ -15%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $35.62 ↓ -15%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $35.62 ↓ -15%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $36.69 ↓ -13%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $36.69 ↓ -13%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $37.04 ↓ -12%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $37.40 ↓ -11%
humana medicare advantage all plans $37.40 ↓ -11%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $37.40 ↓ -11%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $37.40 ↓ -11%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $37.40 ↓ -11%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $37.76 ↓ -10%
wv senior advantage isnp $37.76 ↓ -10%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $37.76 ↓ -10%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $37.76 ↓ -10%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $38.47 ↓ -8%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $38.83 ↓ -8%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $53.43 ↑ +27%
coventry health care worker's compensation $56.28 ↑ +34%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $58.77 ↑ +40%
alliance coal alliance coal $62.34 ↑ +48%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $181.28 ↑ +332%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $181.28 ↑ +332%

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