Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level 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

$48.00

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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.

$96.00

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.

$14.46 with highmark health options vs $77.87 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
highmark health options chip $14.46 ↓ -70%
wellpoint wv chip $14.46 ↓ -70%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $14.46 ↓ -70%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $14.46 ↓ -70%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $14.67 ↓ -69%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $14.73 ↓ -69%
the health plan wv chip $14.73 ↓ -69%
aetna better health wv chip $14.73 ↓ -69%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $15.15 ↓ -68%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $15.30 ↓ -68%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $15.30 ↓ -68%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $15.30 ↓ -68%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $15.30 ↓ -68%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $15.30 ↓ -68%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $15.30 ↓ -68%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $15.76 ↓ -67%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $15.76 ↓ -67%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $15.91 ↓ -67%
upmc for kids chip $16.01 ↓ -67%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $16.01 ↓ -67%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $16.07 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage all plans $16.07 ↓ -67%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $16.07 ↓ -67%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $16.07 ↓ -67%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $16.07 ↓ -67%
wv senior advantage isnp $16.22 ↓ -66%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $16.22 ↓ -66%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $16.22 ↓ -66%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $16.22 ↓ -66%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $16.52 ↓ -66%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $16.68 ↓ -65%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $17.61 ↓ -63%
aetna better health pa chip $17.61 ↓ -63%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $17.61 ↓ -63%
alliance coal alliance coal $19.12 ↓ -60%
health partners managed medicaid $20.17 ↓ -58%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $22.95 ↓ -52%
coventry health care worker's compensation $24.17 ↓ -50%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $25.24 ↓ -47%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $77.87 ↑ +62%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $77.87 ↑ +62%

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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $74.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $97.50 $6.00 – $64.82
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $25.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $93.00 $6.00 – $24.17
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $93.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $80.00 $14.46 – $24.17
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $68.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $52.00 $14.46 – $24.17

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