Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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

$51.50

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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.

$103.00

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.

$5.00 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $41.58 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 $5.00 ↓ -90%
upmc for kids chip $5.00 ↓ -90%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $5.50 ↓ -89%
aetna better health pa chip $5.50 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $5.50 ↓ -89%
health partners managed medicaid $6.30 ↓ -88%
highmark health options chip $7.72 ↓ -85%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $7.72 ↓ -85%
wellpoint wv chip $7.72 ↓ -85%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $7.72 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.83 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv chip $7.86 ↓ -85%
aetna better health wv chip $7.86 ↓ -85%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $7.86 ↓ -85%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $8.09 ↓ -84%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $8.17 ↓ -84%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $8.17 ↓ -84%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $8.17 ↓ -84%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $8.42 ↓ -84%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $8.42 ↓ -84%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $8.50 ↓ -83%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $8.58 ↓ -83%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $8.58 ↓ -83%
humana medicare advantage all plans $8.58 ↓ -83%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $8.58 ↓ -83%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $8.58 ↓ -83%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $8.66 ↓ -83%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $8.66 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $8.66 ↓ -83%
wv senior advantage isnp $8.66 ↓ -83%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $8.82 ↓ -83%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $8.91 ↓ -83%
alliance coal alliance coal $10.21 ↓ -80%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $12.26 ↓ -76%
coventry health care worker's compensation $12.91 ↓ -75%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $13.48 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $41.58 ↓ -19%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $41.58 ↓ -19%

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $39.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $39.00 $5.00 – $34.61
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $98.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $43.00 $5.25 – $12.91
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $169.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $44.50 $5.35 – $12.91
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $30.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $41.50 $7.72 – $12.91

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