Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn 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

$831.00

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.

$1,662.00

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.

$70.26 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $3,440.18 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
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $70.26 ↓ -92%
upmc for kids chip $70.26 ↓ -92%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $77.29 ↓ -91%
aetna better health pa chip $77.29 ↓ -91%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $77.29 ↓ -91%
health partners managed medicaid $88.53 ↓ -89%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -75%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $205.80 ↓ -75%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -75%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -75%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -75%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -75%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -75%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $215.60 ↓ -74%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $675.95 ↓ -19%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $675.95 ↓ -19%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $675.95 ↓ -19%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $675.95 ↓ -19%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $675.95 ↓ -19%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $675.95 ↓ -19%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $696.23 ↓ -16%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $696.23 ↓ -16%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $702.99 ↓ -15%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $709.75 ↓ -15%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $709.75 ↓ -15%
humana medicare advantage all plans $709.75 ↓ -15%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $709.75 ↓ -15%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $709.75 ↓ -15%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $716.51 ↓ -14%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $716.51 ↓ -14%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $716.51 ↓ -14%
wv senior advantage isnp $716.51 ↓ -14%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $730.03 ↓ -12%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $736.79 ↓ -11%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,013.92 ↑ +22%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,068.00 ↑ +29%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,115.32 ↑ +34%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,182.91 ↑ +42%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $3,440.18 ↑ +314%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $3,440.18 ↑ +314%

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Plcmt sft tiss loc pq w/img 1st lsn at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,395.50 $70.26 – $2,887.64
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $132.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,011.00 $73.77 – $1,182.91
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $709.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,368.00 $75.18 – $1,192.66
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $83.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $822.00 $205.80 – $1,277.52
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $665.00 not published

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