Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$58.00

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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.

$116.00

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.

$16.99 with wellpoint west virginia vs $91.51 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 $16.99 ↓ -71%
wellpoint wv chip $16.99 ↓ -71%
highmark health options chip $16.99 ↓ -71%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $16.99 ↓ -71%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $17.23 ↓ -70%
aetna better health wv chip $17.31 ↓ -70%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $17.31 ↓ -70%
the health plan wv chip $17.31 ↓ -70%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $17.80 ↓ -69%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $17.98 ↓ -69%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $17.98 ↓ -69%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $17.98 ↓ -69%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $17.98 ↓ -69%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $17.98 ↓ -69%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $17.98 ↓ -69%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $18.52 ↓ -68%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $18.52 ↓ -68%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $18.70 ↓ -68%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $18.88 ↓ -67%
humana medicare advantage all plans $18.88 ↓ -67%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $18.88 ↓ -67%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $18.88 ↓ -67%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $18.88 ↓ -67%
wv senior advantage isnp $19.06 ↓ -67%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $19.06 ↓ -67%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $19.06 ↓ -67%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $19.06 ↓ -67%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $19.42 ↓ -67%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $19.60 ↓ -66%
upmc for kids chip $20.09 ↓ -65%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $20.09 ↓ -65%
aetna better health pa chip $22.10 ↓ -62%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $22.10 ↓ -62%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $22.10 ↓ -62%
alliance coal alliance coal $22.48 ↓ -61%
health partners managed medicaid $25.31 ↓ -56%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $26.97 ↓ -54%
coventry health care worker's compensation $28.41 ↓ -51%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $29.67 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $91.51 ↑ +58%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $91.51 ↑ +58%

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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $52.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $76.00 $11.69 – $76.17
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $80.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $50.00 $11.69 – $28.41
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $50.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $56.00 $16.99 – $28.41
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $95.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $82.00 $16.99 – $28.41

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