Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral 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

$1,543.50

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.

$3,087.00

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.

$106.30 with aetna vs $1,320.30 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
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $106.30 ↓ -93%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -87%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -87%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -87%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -86%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -86%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -86%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -86%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $754.46 ↓ -51%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $754.46 ↓ -51%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $777.09 ↓ -50%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $784.64 ↓ -49%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $792.18 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage all plans $792.18 ↓ -49%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $792.18 ↓ -49%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $792.18 ↓ -49%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $799.73 ↓ -48%
wv senior advantage isnp $799.73 ↓ -48%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $799.73 ↓ -48%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $799.73 ↓ -48%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $822.36 ↓ -47%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $1,131.69 ↓ -27%
encova worker's compensation $1,131.69 ↓ -27%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $1,169.41 ↓ -24%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,192.05 ↓ -23%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,320.30 ↓ -14%

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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $4,788.50 $99.35 – $3,196.69
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,711.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,580.50 $104.32 – $1,309.53
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $902.50 $205.80 – $1,414.23
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $1,291.00 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,614.00 $205.80 – $1,309.52
Princeton Community Hospital Princeton $1,724.50 $99.35 – $4,667.95
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $2,210.50 $205.80 – $3,787.07

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