Screening Colonoscopy (high risk) 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

$1,166.67

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.

$2,333.33

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.

$138.20 with wellpoint wv vs $4,517.86 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 $138.20 ↓ -88%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $138.20 ↓ -88%
highmark health options chip $138.20 ↓ -88%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $138.20 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $140.18 ↓ -88%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $140.83 ↓ -88%
aetna better health wv chip $140.83 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv chip $140.83 ↓ -88%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $144.78 ↓ -88%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $887.70 ↓ -24%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $887.70 ↓ -24%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $887.70 ↓ -24%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $887.70 ↓ -24%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $887.70 ↓ -24%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $887.70 ↓ -24%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $914.33 ↓ -22%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $914.33 ↓ -22%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $923.21 ↓ -21%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $932.08 ↓ -20%
humana medicare advantage all plans $932.08 ↓ -20%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $932.08 ↓ -20%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $932.08 ↓ -20%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $932.08 ↓ -20%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $940.96 ↓ -19%
wv senior advantage isnp $940.96 ↓ -19%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $940.96 ↓ -19%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $940.96 ↓ -19%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $958.72 ↓ -18%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $967.59 ↓ -17%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $1,331.55 ↑ +14%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,402.57 ↑ +20%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,464.70 ↑ +26%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,553.48 ↑ +33%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $4,517.86 ↑ +287%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $4,517.86 ↑ +287%

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Screening Colonoscopy (high risk) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,879.00 $138.20 – $3,792.22
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,680.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $898.00 $138.20 – $1,553.48
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,403.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $792.00 $138.20 – $1,566.27
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $200.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $2,532.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $689.00 not published

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