Russell viper venom diluted 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

$65.00

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.

$130.00

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.

$9.05 with wellpoint west virginia vs $48.76 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 $9.05 ↓ -86%
wellpoint wv chip $9.05 ↓ -86%
highmark health options chip $9.05 ↓ -86%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $9.05 ↓ -86%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $9.18 ↓ -86%
aetna better health wv chip $9.22 ↓ -86%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $9.22 ↓ -86%
the health plan wv chip $9.22 ↓ -86%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $9.48 ↓ -85%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $9.58 ↓ -85%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $9.58 ↓ -85%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $9.58 ↓ -85%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $9.58 ↓ -85%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $9.58 ↓ -85%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $9.58 ↓ -85%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $9.87 ↓ -85%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $9.87 ↓ -85%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $9.96 ↓ -85%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $10.06 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage all plans $10.06 ↓ -85%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $10.06 ↓ -85%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $10.06 ↓ -85%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $10.06 ↓ -85%
wv senior advantage isnp $10.15 ↓ -84%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $10.15 ↓ -84%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $10.15 ↓ -84%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $10.15 ↓ -84%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $10.35 ↓ -84%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $10.44 ↓ -84%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $11.68 ↓ -82%
upmc for kids chip $11.68 ↓ -82%
alliance coal alliance coal $11.97 ↓ -82%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $12.85 ↓ -80%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $12.85 ↓ -80%
aetna better health pa chip $12.85 ↓ -80%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $14.37 ↓ -78%
health partners managed medicaid $14.72 ↓ -77%
coventry health care worker's compensation $15.14 ↓ -77%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $15.81 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $48.76 ↓ -25%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $48.76 ↓ -25%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $34.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $189.00 $6.23 – $40.59
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $244.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $41.50 $6.23 – $15.14
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $34.50 $9.05 – $15.14
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $56.00 $9.05 – $15.14
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $37.03 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $514.00 $9.05 – $15.14

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