Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$37.00

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.

$74.00

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.

$24.63 with wellpoint west virginia vs $132.68 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
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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 $24.63 ↓ -33%
wellpoint wv chip $24.63 ↓ -33%
highmark health options chip $24.63 ↓ -33%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $24.63 ↓ -33%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $24.98 ↓ -32%
aetna better health wv chip $25.10 ↓ -32%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $25.10 ↓ -32%
the health plan wv chip $25.10 ↓ -32%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $25.81 ↓ -30%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $26.07 ↓ -30%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $26.07 ↓ -30%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $26.07 ↓ -30%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $26.07 ↓ -30%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $26.07 ↓ -30%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $26.07 ↓ -30%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $26.85 ↓ -27%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $26.85 ↓ -27%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $27.11 ↓ -27%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $27.37 ↓ -26%
humana medicare advantage all plans $27.37 ↓ -26%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $27.37 ↓ -26%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $27.37 ↓ -26%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $27.37 ↓ -26%
wv senior advantage isnp $27.63 ↓ -25%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $27.63 ↓ -25%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $27.63 ↓ -25%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $27.63 ↓ -25%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $28.16 ↓ -24%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $28.42 ↓ -23%
alliance coal alliance coal $32.59 ↓ -12%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $36.02 ↓ -3%
upmc for kids chip $36.02 ↓ -3%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $39.10 ↑ +6%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $39.62 ↑ +7%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $39.62 ↑ +7%
aetna better health pa chip $39.62 ↑ +7%
coventry health care worker's compensation $41.19 ↑ +11%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $43.02 ↑ +16%
health partners managed medicaid $45.39 ↑ +23%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $132.68 ↑ +259%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $132.68 ↑ +259%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $37.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $185.50 $16.95 – $110.45
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $76.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $75.50 $16.95 – $41.19
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $37.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $154.00 $24.63 – $41.19
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $37.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $134.00 $24.63 – $41.19

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