Laparoscopic nephrectomy at Weirton Medical Center
601 Colliers Way, Weirton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1922009505
$29,108.00
Cash price 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.
$58,216.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,086.66 with united mine workers of america medicare advantage vs $5,530.45 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $1,086.66 | ↓ -96% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $1,086.66 | ↓ -96% |
| upmc for life medicare advantage | all plans | $1,086.66 | ↓ -96% |
| molina oh medicare advantage | all plans | $1,086.66 | ↓ -96% |
| caresource oh medicare advantage | all plans | $1,086.66 | ↓ -96% |
| anthem medicare advantage ppo | anthem medicare advantage ppo | $1,086.66 | ↓ -96% |
| anthem oh medicare advantage | hmo | $1,119.26 | ↓ -96% |
| anthem ohio | managed medicaid | $1,119.26 | ↓ -96% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $1,130.13 | ↓ -96% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $1,140.99 | ↓ -96% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $1,140.99 | ↓ -96% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $1,140.99 | ↓ -96% |
| senior life medicare advantage | all plans | $1,140.99 | ↓ -96% |
| buckeye oh medicare advantage | all plans | $1,140.99 | ↓ -96% |
| valor health medicare advantage | all plans | $1,151.86 | ↓ -96% |
| geisinger pa medicare advantage | all plans | $1,151.86 | ↓ -96% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $1,151.86 | ↓ -96% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $1,151.86 | ↓ -96% |
| amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage | amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage | $1,173.59 | ↓ -96% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $1,184.46 | ↓ -96% |
| buckeye commercial | exchange plan | $1,629.99 | ↓ -94% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $1,716.92 | ↓ -94% |
| caresource oh exchange | caresource oh exchange | $1,792.99 | ↓ -94% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $1,901.66 | ↓ -93% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $5,530.45 | ↓ -81% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $5,530.45 | ↓ -81% |
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Laparoscopic nephrectomy at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $40,562.00 | $706.33 – $2,879.65 |
| Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | $43,986.00 | $1,086.66 – $1,901.66 |
| Thomas Hospitals | South Charleston | $38,136.50 | $1,086.66 – $5,499.48 |