Potassium 24 hour urine 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

$23.50

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.

$47.00

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.

$4.47 with wellpoint west virginia vs $24.07 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 $4.47 ↓ -81%
wellpoint wv chip $4.47 ↓ -81%
highmark health options chip $4.47 ↓ -81%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $4.47 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $4.54 ↓ -81%
aetna better health wv chip $4.56 ↓ -81%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $4.56 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv chip $4.56 ↓ -81%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $4.69 ↓ -80%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $4.73 ↓ -80%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $4.73 ↓ -80%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $4.73 ↓ -80%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $4.73 ↓ -80%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $4.73 ↓ -80%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $4.73 ↓ -80%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $4.87 ↓ -79%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $4.87 ↓ -79%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $4.92 ↓ -79%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $4.97 ↓ -79%
humana medicare advantage all plans $4.97 ↓ -79%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $4.97 ↓ -79%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $4.97 ↓ -79%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $4.97 ↓ -79%
wv senior advantage isnp $5.01 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $5.01 ↓ -79%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $5.01 ↓ -79%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $5.01 ↓ -79%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $5.11 ↓ -78%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $5.16 ↓ -78%
alliance coal alliance coal $5.91 ↓ -75%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $5.94 ↓ -75%
upmc for kids chip $5.94 ↓ -75%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $6.53 ↓ -72%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $6.53 ↓ -72%
aetna better health pa chip $6.53 ↓ -72%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $7.10 ↓ -70%
coventry health care worker's compensation $7.47 ↓ -68%
health partners managed medicaid $7.48 ↓ -68%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $7.80 ↓ -67%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $24.07 ↑ +2%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $24.07 ↑ +2%

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Potassium 24 hour urine at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $26.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $40.50 $3.07 – $20.04
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $14.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $45.00 $3.07 – $7.47
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $27.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $29.00 $4.47 – $7.47
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $14.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $25.00 $4.47 – $7.47

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