Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation 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

$100.50

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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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$201.00

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.

$22.65 with wellpoint west virginia vs $156.19 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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

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 $22.65 ↓ -77%
wellpoint wv chip $22.65 ↓ -77%
highmark health options chip $22.65 ↓ -77%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $22.65 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $22.97 ↓ -77%
aetna better health wv chip $23.08 ↓ -77%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $23.08 ↓ -77%
the health plan wv chip $23.08 ↓ -77%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $23.73 ↓ -76%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $30.69 ↓ -69%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $30.69 ↓ -69%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $30.69 ↓ -69%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $30.69 ↓ -69%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $30.69 ↓ -69%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $30.69 ↓ -69%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $31.61 ↓ -69%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $31.61 ↓ -69%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $31.92 ↓ -68%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $32.22 ↓ -68%
humana medicare advantage all plans $32.22 ↓ -68%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $32.22 ↓ -68%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $32.22 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $32.22 ↓ -68%
wv senior advantage isnp $32.53 ↓ -68%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $32.53 ↓ -68%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $32.53 ↓ -68%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $32.53 ↓ -68%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $33.15 ↓ -67%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $33.45 ↓ -67%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $43.20 ↓ -57%
upmc for kids chip $43.20 ↓ -57%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $46.03 ↓ -54%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $47.52 ↓ -53%
aetna better health pa chip $47.52 ↓ -53%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $47.52 ↓ -53%
coventry health care worker's compensation $48.49 ↓ -52%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $50.64 ↓ -50%
alliance coal alliance coal $53.71 ↓ -47%
health partners managed medicaid $54.43 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $156.19 ↑ +55%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $156.19 ↑ +55%

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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $5,482.33 $19.95 – $130.02
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $120.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $528.00 $19.95 – $53.71
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $611.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $541.50 $22.65 – $53.71
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $185.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $472.50 $22.65 – $53.71
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $528.50 not published

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