MRI breast w IV cont bi 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

$2,366.00

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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.

$4,732.00

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.

$82.10 with wellpoint west virginia vs $530.57 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 west virginia mgd $82.10 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $82.10 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $82.10 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $82.10 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $83.27 ↓ -96%
aetna better health wv chip $83.66 ↓ -96%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $83.66 ↓ -96%
the health plan wv chip $83.66 ↓ -96%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $86.01 ↓ -96%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $104.25 ↓ -96%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $104.25 ↓ -96%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $104.25 ↓ -96%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $104.25 ↓ -96%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $104.25 ↓ -96%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $104.25 ↓ -96%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $107.38 ↓ -95%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $107.38 ↓ -95%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $108.42 ↓ -95%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $109.46 ↓ -95%
humana medicare advantage all plans $109.46 ↓ -95%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $109.46 ↓ -95%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $109.46 ↓ -95%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $109.46 ↓ -95%
wv senior advantage isnp $110.50 ↓ -95%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $110.50 ↓ -95%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $110.50 ↓ -95%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $110.50 ↓ -95%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $112.59 ↓ -95%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $113.63 ↓ -95%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $156.38 ↓ -93%
coventry health care worker's compensation $164.72 ↓ -93%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $172.01 ↓ -93%
alliance coal alliance coal $182.44 ↓ -92%
upmc for kids chip $219.46 ↓ -91%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $219.46 ↓ -91%
aetna better health pa chip $241.41 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $241.41 ↓ -90%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $241.41 ↓ -90%
health partners managed medicaid $276.52 ↓ -88%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $530.57 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $530.57 ↓ -78%

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MRI breast w IV cont bi at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,989.00 $67.76 – $441.66
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $3,055.20 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,627.50 $82.10 – $182.44
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,233.00 $82.10 – $182.44
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $2,783.50 $82.10 – $607.21
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,989.00 $82.10 – $527.60

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