Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial 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

$3,675.00

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.

$7,350.00

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.

$82.61 with wellpoint west virginia vs $6,946.88 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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 $82.61 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $82.61 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $82.61 ↓ -98%
wellpoint wv chip $82.61 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $83.79 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $84.19 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $84.19 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $84.19 ↓ -98%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $86.55 ↓ -98%
upmc for kids chip $1,207.25 ↓ -67%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $1,207.25 ↓ -67%
aetna better health pa chip $1,327.98 ↓ -64%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $1,327.98 ↓ -64%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $1,327.98 ↓ -64%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,364.97 ↓ -63%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $1,364.97 ↓ -63%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $1,364.97 ↓ -63%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,364.97 ↓ -63%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $1,364.97 ↓ -63%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $1,364.97 ↓ -63%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $1,405.92 ↓ -62%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $1,405.92 ↓ -62%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,419.57 ↓ -61%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,433.22 ↓ -61%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $1,433.22 ↓ -61%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,433.22 ↓ -61%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $1,433.22 ↓ -61%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,433.22 ↓ -61%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $1,446.87 ↓ -61%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,446.87 ↓ -61%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,446.87 ↓ -61%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $1,446.87 ↓ -61%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $1,474.17 ↓ -60%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,487.82 ↓ -60%
health partners managed medicaid $1,521.14 ↓ -59%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $2,047.45 ↓ -44%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,156.65 ↓ -41%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $2,252.20 ↓ -39%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,388.70 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $6,946.88 ↑ +89%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $6,946.88 ↑ +89%

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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $1,983.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $5,132.50 $82.61 – $5,831.08
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $3,172.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $3,312.00 $82.61 – $2,388.70
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,502.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $3,487.00 $82.61 – $2,408.37
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $1,467.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $4,320.50 $82.61 – $2,579.71

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