X-ray bone survey infant 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

$322.50

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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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$645.00

Gross charge

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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.

$24.96 with wellpoint wv vs $507.92 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

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 wv chip $24.96 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $24.96 ↓ -92%
highmark health options chip $24.96 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $24.96 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $25.32 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $25.43 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $25.43 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $25.43 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $26.15 ↓ -92%
upmc for kids chip $28.06 ↓ -91%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $28.06 ↓ -91%
aetna better health pa chip $30.87 ↓ -90%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $30.87 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $30.87 ↓ -90%
health partners managed medicaid $35.36 ↓ -89%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $99.80 ↓ -69%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $99.80 ↓ -69%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $99.80 ↓ -69%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $99.80 ↓ -69%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $99.80 ↓ -69%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $99.80 ↓ -69%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $102.79 ↓ -68%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $102.79 ↓ -68%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $103.79 ↓ -68%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $104.79 ↓ -68%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $104.79 ↓ -68%
humana medicare advantage all plans $104.79 ↓ -68%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $104.79 ↓ -68%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $104.79 ↓ -68%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $105.79 ↓ -67%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $105.79 ↓ -67%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $105.79 ↓ -67%
wv senior advantage isnp $105.79 ↓ -67%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $107.78 ↓ -67%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $108.78 ↓ -66%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $149.70 ↓ -54%
coventry health care worker's compensation $157.68 ↓ -51%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $164.67 ↓ -49%
alliance coal alliance coal $174.65 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $507.92 ↑ +57%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $507.92 ↑ +57%

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X-ray bone survey infant at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $282.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $598.00 $24.96 – $426.32
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $440.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $334.50 $24.96 – $174.65
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $361.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $334.00 $24.96 – $176.07
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $185.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $226.50 $24.96 – $188.60

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