Speech recep thresh 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

$17.50

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.

$35.00

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.

$6.50 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $286.58 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
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $6.50 ↓ -63%
upmc for kids chip $6.50 ↓ -63%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $7.15 ↓ -59%
aetna better health pa chip $7.15 ↓ -59%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $7.15 ↓ -59%
health partners managed medicaid $8.19 ↓ -53%
highmark health options chip $20.33 ↑ +16%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $20.33 ↑ +16%
wellpoint wv chip $20.33 ↑ +16%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $20.33 ↑ +16%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $20.62 ↑ +18%
the health plan wv chip $20.72 ↑ +18%
aetna better health wv chip $20.72 ↑ +18%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $20.72 ↑ +18%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $21.30 ↑ +22%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $56.31 ↑ +222%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $56.31 ↑ +222%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $56.31 ↑ +222%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $56.31 ↑ +222%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $56.31 ↑ +222%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $56.31 ↑ +222%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $58.00 ↑ +231%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $58.00 ↑ +231%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $58.56 ↑ +235%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $59.13 ↑ +238%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $59.13 ↑ +238%
humana medicare advantage all plans $59.13 ↑ +238%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $59.13 ↑ +238%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $59.13 ↑ +238%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $59.69 ↑ +241%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $59.69 ↑ +241%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $59.69 ↑ +241%
wv senior advantage isnp $59.69 ↑ +241%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $60.81 ↑ +247%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $61.38 ↑ +251%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $84.46 ↑ +383%
coventry health care worker's compensation $88.97 ↑ +408%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $92.91 ↑ +431%
alliance coal alliance coal $98.54 ↑ +463%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $286.58 ↑ +1538%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $286.58 ↑ +1538%

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