Remove tonsils and adenoids 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

$9,746.50

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.

$19,493.00

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.

$205.80 with highmark health options west va vs $28,759.23 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 west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -98%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $205.80 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -98%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -98%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $215.60 ↓ -98%
upmc for kids chip $694.00 ↓ -93%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $763.40 ↓ -92%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $763.40 ↓ -92%
aetna better health pa chip $763.40 ↓ -92%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $5,650.81 ↓ -42%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $5,650.81 ↓ -42%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5,650.81 ↓ -42%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $5,650.81 ↓ -42%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $5,650.81 ↓ -42%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $5,650.81 ↓ -42%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $5,820.33 ↓ -40%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $5,820.33 ↓ -40%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $5,876.84 ↓ -40%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $5,933.35 ↓ -39%
humana medicare advantage all plans $5,933.35 ↓ -39%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $5,933.35 ↓ -39%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $5,933.35 ↓ -39%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $5,933.35 ↓ -39%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $5,989.86 ↓ -39%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $5,989.86 ↓ -39%
wv senior advantage isnp $5,989.86 ↓ -39%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $5,989.86 ↓ -39%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $6,102.87 ↓ -37%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $6,159.38 ↓ -37%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $8,476.22 ↓ -13%
coventry health care worker's compensation $8,928.28 ↓ -8%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $9,323.84 ↓ -4%
alliance coal alliance coal $9,888.92 ↑ +1%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $28,759.23 ↑ +195%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $28,759.23 ↑ +195%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $293.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $10,408.50 $205.80 – $24,140.04
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Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $293.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $304.50 not published

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