Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

$994.00

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.

$1,988.00

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.

$27.84 with amerihealth caritas pa vs $2,143.30 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 $27.84 ↓ -97%
upmc for kids chip $27.84 ↓ -97%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $30.62 ↓ -97%
aetna better health pa chip $30.62 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $30.62 ↓ -97%
health partners managed medicaid $35.08 ↓ -96%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -79%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $205.80 ↓ -79%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -79%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -79%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -79%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -79%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $215.60 ↓ -78%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $421.13 ↓ -58%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $421.13 ↓ -58%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $421.13 ↓ -58%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $421.13 ↓ -58%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $421.13 ↓ -58%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $421.13 ↓ -58%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $433.76 ↓ -56%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $433.76 ↓ -56%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $437.98 ↓ -56%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $442.19 ↓ -56%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $442.19 ↓ -56%
humana medicare advantage all plans $442.19 ↓ -56%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $442.19 ↓ -56%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $442.19 ↓ -56%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $446.40 ↓ -55%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $446.40 ↓ -55%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $446.40 ↓ -55%
wv senior advantage isnp $446.40 ↓ -55%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $454.82 ↓ -54%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $459.03 ↓ -54%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $631.70 ↓ -36%
coventry health care worker's compensation $665.39 ↓ -33%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $694.86 ↓ -30%
alliance coal alliance coal $736.98 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,143.30 ↑ +116%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,143.30 ↑ +116%

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $645.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $728.50 $27.84 – $1,799.03
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $360.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $875.50 $29.23 – $736.98
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $664.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,326.00 $29.79 – $743.05
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $439.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $923.00 $205.80 – $795.90

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