Consultation pathology during surgery 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

$54.50

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$109.00

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.

$31.85 with aetna vs $89.71 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
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $31.85 ↓ -42%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $56.78 ↑ +4%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $56.78 ↑ +4%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $58.48 ↑ +7%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $59.05 ↑ +8%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $59.62 ↑ +9%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $59.62 ↑ +9%
humana medicare advantage all plans $59.62 ↑ +9%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $59.62 ↑ +9%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $60.19 ↑ +10%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $60.19 ↑ +10%
wv senior advantage isnp $60.19 ↑ +10%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $60.19 ↑ +10%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $61.89 ↑ +14%
alliance coal alliance coal $70.97 ↑ +30%
encova worker's compensation $85.17 ↑ +56%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $85.17 ↑ +56%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $88.01 ↑ +61%
coventry health care worker's compensation $89.71 ↑ +65%

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Consultation pathology during surgery at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $32.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $47.00 $31.26 – $89.71
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $51.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $109.50 $31.26 – $88.97
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $35.50 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $32.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $137.50 $60.81 – $96.08
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $35.50 not published

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