Drainage external ear simple 69000 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

$1,104.00

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.

$2,208.00

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 $1,192.66 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 ↓ -98%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $46.01 ↓ -96%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -90%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -90%
highmark health options chip $105.00 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -90%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $681.52 ↓ -38%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $681.52 ↓ -38%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $708.78 ↓ -36%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $715.60 ↓ -35%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $715.60 ↓ -35%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $715.60 ↓ -35%
humana medicare advantage all plans $715.60 ↓ -35%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $722.41 ↓ -35%
wv senior advantage isnp $722.41 ↓ -35%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $722.41 ↓ -35%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $722.41 ↓ -35%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $742.86 ↓ -33%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,022.28 ↓ -7%
encova worker's compensation $1,022.28 ↓ -7%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,056.36 ↓ -4%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,076.80 ↓ -2%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,192.66 ↑ +8%

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Drainage external ear simple 69000 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $129.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $3,137.50 $43.00 – $2,887.64
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $206.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $409.00 $45.15 – $1,182.91
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,274.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $129.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,058.50 $105.00 – $1,277.52
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $1,370.00 not published

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