Crtj pericardial window/prtl resecj w/drg/bx 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

$3,088.00

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.

$6,176.00

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.

$25.00 with highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage vs $1,328.62 with alliance coal — 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
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $25.00 ↓ -99%
wellpoint wv chip $593.72 ↓ -81%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $593.72 ↓ -81%
highmark health options chip $593.72 ↓ -81%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $593.72 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $602.20 ↓ -80%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $605.03 ↓ -80%
aetna better health wv chip $605.03 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv chip $605.03 ↓ -80%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $759.21 ↓ -75%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $759.21 ↓ -75%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $789.58 ↓ -74%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $797.17 ↓ -74%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $797.17 ↓ -74%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $797.17 ↓ -74%
humana medicare advantage all plans $797.17 ↓ -74%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $804.76 ↓ -74%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $804.76 ↓ -74%
wv senior advantage isnp $804.76 ↓ -74%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $804.76 ↓ -74%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $827.54 ↓ -73%
encova worker's compensation $1,138.81 ↓ -63%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,138.81 ↓ -63%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,176.78 ↓ -62%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,199.55 ↓ -61%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,328.62 ↓ -57%

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Crtj pericardial window/prtl resecj w/drg/bx at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $7,216.50 $493.49 – $2,011.91
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,391.20 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $820.50 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $869.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $820.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $869.50 not published
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon $869.50 not published
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,818.50 $593.72 – $3,842.29

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