Mayo babpb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe babesia microti 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

$264.00

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.

$528.00

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.

$28.07 with upmc for kids vs $178.59 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
upmc for kids chip $28.07 ↓ -89%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $28.07 ↓ -89%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $30.88 ↓ -88%
aetna better health pa chip $30.88 ↓ -88%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $30.88 ↓ -88%
wellpoint wv chip $33.16 ↓ -87%
highmark health options chip $33.16 ↓ -87%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $33.16 ↓ -87%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $33.16 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $33.63 ↓ -87%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $33.79 ↓ -87%
aetna better health wv chip $33.79 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv chip $33.79 ↓ -87%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $34.74 ↓ -87%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $35.09 ↓ -87%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $35.09 ↓ -87%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $35.09 ↓ -87%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $35.09 ↓ -87%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $35.09 ↓ -87%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $35.09 ↓ -87%
health partners managed medicaid $35.37 ↓ -87%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $36.14 ↓ -86%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $36.14 ↓ -86%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $36.49 ↓ -86%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $36.84 ↓ -86%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $36.84 ↓ -86%
humana medicare advantage all plans $36.84 ↓ -86%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $36.84 ↓ -86%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $36.84 ↓ -86%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $37.20 ↓ -86%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $37.20 ↓ -86%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $37.20 ↓ -86%
wv senior advantage isnp $37.20 ↓ -86%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $37.90 ↓ -86%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $38.25 ↓ -86%
alliance coal alliance coal $43.86 ↓ -83%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $52.64 ↓ -80%
coventry health care worker's compensation $55.44 ↓ -79%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $57.90 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $178.59 ↓ -32%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $178.59 ↓ -32%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $133.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $330.00 $22.81 – $148.66
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $212.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $140.00 $22.81 – $55.44
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $133.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $133.00 $30.03 – $55.44
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $133.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $133.00 $33.16 – $55.44

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