Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx 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

$1,130.00

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.

$2,260.00

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.

$32.94 with wellpoint wv vs $2,637.84 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 $32.94 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $32.94 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $32.94 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $32.94 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $33.41 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $33.57 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $33.57 ↓ -97%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $33.57 ↓ -97%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $34.51 ↓ -97%
upmc for kids chip $69.00 ↓ -94%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $69.00 ↓ -94%
aetna better health pa chip $75.90 ↓ -93%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $75.90 ↓ -93%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $75.90 ↓ -93%
health partners managed medicaid $86.94 ↓ -92%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $518.30 ↓ -54%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $518.30 ↓ -54%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $518.30 ↓ -54%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $518.30 ↓ -54%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $518.30 ↓ -54%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $518.30 ↓ -54%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $533.85 ↓ -53%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $533.85 ↓ -53%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $539.03 ↓ -52%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $544.21 ↓ -52%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $544.21 ↓ -52%
humana medicare advantage all plans $544.21 ↓ -52%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $544.21 ↓ -52%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $544.21 ↓ -52%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $549.40 ↓ -51%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $549.40 ↓ -51%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $549.40 ↓ -51%
wv senior advantage isnp $549.40 ↓ -51%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $559.76 ↓ -50%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $564.95 ↓ -50%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $777.45 ↓ -31%
coventry health care worker's compensation $818.91 ↓ -28%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $855.19 ↓ -24%
alliance coal alliance coal $907.02 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,637.84 ↑ +133%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,637.84 ↑ +133%

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Kidney img w/bldflw sgl without rx at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $921.50 $32.94 – $2,214.16
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,080.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $2,227.50 $32.94 – $907.02
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $819.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,009.00 $32.94 – $914.50
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,287.50 $32.94 – $979.54
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $696.50 $32.94 – $971.42
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,287.50 $32.94 – $907.02

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