Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble 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

$248.50

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.

$497.00

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.

$79.53 with wellpoint wv vs $2,170.22 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 wv chip $79.53 ↓ -68%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $79.53 ↓ -68%
highmark health options chip $79.53 ↓ -68%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $79.53 ↓ -68%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $80.66 ↓ -68%
the health plan wv chip $81.04 ↓ -67%
aetna better health wv chip $81.04 ↓ -67%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $81.04 ↓ -67%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $83.31 ↓ -66%
upmc for kids chip $165.98 ↓ -33%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $165.98 ↓ -33%
aetna better health pa chip $182.58 ↓ -27%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $182.58 ↓ -27%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $182.58 ↓ -27%
health partners managed medicaid $209.13 ↓ -16%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $426.42 ↑ +72%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $426.42 ↑ +72%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $426.42 ↑ +72%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $426.42 ↑ +72%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $426.42 ↑ +72%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $426.42 ↑ +72%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $439.21 ↑ +77%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $439.21 ↑ +77%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $443.48 ↑ +78%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $447.74 ↑ +80%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $447.74 ↑ +80%
humana medicare advantage all plans $447.74 ↑ +80%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $447.74 ↑ +80%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $447.74 ↑ +80%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $452.01 ↑ +82%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $452.01 ↑ +82%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $452.01 ↑ +82%
wv senior advantage isnp $452.01 ↑ +82%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $460.53 ↑ +85%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $464.80 ↑ +87%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $639.63 ↑ +157%
coventry health care worker's compensation $673.74 ↑ +171%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $703.59 ↑ +183%
alliance coal alliance coal $746.24 ↑ +200%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,170.22 ↑ +773%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,170.22 ↑ +773%

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Removal w/reinsrt nonbiogrdble at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $428.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,958.00 $79.53 – $1,821.65
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $168.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $553.50 $79.53 – $746.24
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $428.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $513.50 $79.53 – $752.40
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $428.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $513.50 $79.53 – $805.91

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