Aluminum - quest at Berkeley Medical Center

2500 Hospital Dr, Martinsburg, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1457389249

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$25.00

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.

$50.00

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.

$24.08 with wellpoint wv vs $40.26 with coventry health care — 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 wv chip $24.08 ↓ -4%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $24.08 ↓ -4%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $24.08 ↓ -4%
highmark health options chip $24.08 ↓ -4%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $24.42 ↓ -2%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $24.54 ↓ -2%
the health plan wv chip $24.54 ↓ -2%
aetna better health wv chip $24.54 ↓ -2%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $25.48 ↑ +2%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $25.48 ↑ +2%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $26.24 ↑ +5%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $26.50 ↑ +6%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $26.75 ↑ +7%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $26.75 ↑ +7%
humana medicare advantage all plans $26.75 ↑ +7%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $26.75 ↑ +7%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $27.01 ↑ +8%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $27.01 ↑ +8%
wv senior advantage isnp $27.01 ↑ +8%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $27.01 ↑ +8%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $27.77 ↑ +11%
alliance coal alliance coal $31.85 ↑ +27%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $37.69 ↑ +51%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $38.22 ↑ +53%
encova worker's compensation $38.22 ↑ +53%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $39.49 ↑ +58%
coventry health care worker's compensation $40.26 ↑ +61%

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Aluminum - quest at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $92.00 $16.56 – $107.95
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $25.00 $16.56 – $40.26
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $25.00 $24.08 – $40.26
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $25.00 $24.08 – $40.26
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $25.00 $24.08 – $40.26
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $131.50 $24.08 – $148.41
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $162.00 $24.08 – $128.95

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