X-ray knee ap standing bilateral 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

$197.50

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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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$395.00

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.

$6.17 with wellpoint wv vs $422.78 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 $6.17 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $6.17 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $6.17 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd $6.17 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $6.26 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $6.29 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $6.29 ↓ -97%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $6.29 ↓ -97%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $6.47 ↓ -97%
upmc for kids chip $17.36 ↓ -91%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $17.36 ↓ -91%
aetna better health pa chip $19.10 ↓ -90%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $19.10 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $19.10 ↓ -90%
health partners managed medicaid $21.87 ↓ -89%
anthem medicare advantage ppo anthem medicare advantage ppo $83.07 ↓ -58%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $83.07 ↓ -58%
caresource oh medicare advantage all plans $83.07 ↓ -58%
molina oh medicare advantage all plans $83.07 ↓ -58%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $83.07 ↓ -58%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $83.07 ↓ -58%
anthem ohio managed medicaid $85.56 ↓ -57%
anthem oh medicare advantage hmo $85.56 ↓ -57%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $86.39 ↓ -56%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $87.22 ↓ -56%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $87.22 ↓ -56%
humana medicare advantage all plans $87.22 ↓ -56%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $87.22 ↓ -56%
buckeye oh medicare advantage all plans $87.22 ↓ -56%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $88.05 ↓ -55%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $88.05 ↓ -55%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $88.05 ↓ -55%
wv senior advantage isnp $88.05 ↓ -55%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage $89.72 ↓ -55%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $90.55 ↓ -54%
buckeye commercial exchange plan $124.60 ↓ -37%
coventry health care worker's compensation $131.25 ↓ -34%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $137.07 ↓ -31%
alliance coal alliance coal $145.37 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $422.78 ↑ +114%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $422.78 ↑ +114%

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X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $199.50 $6.17 – $354.89
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $207.00 $6.17 – $145.37
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $198.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $177.00 $6.17 – $146.58
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $316.50 $6.17 – $156.99
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $208.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $120.00 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $109.00 $6.17 – $155.68

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