Remove extra spine segment 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

$6,041.83

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.

$12,083.66

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.

$112.72 with wellpoint wv vs $233.77 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
wellpoint wv chip $112.72 ↓ -98%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $112.72 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $112.72 ↓ -98%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $112.72 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $114.33 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $114.86 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv chip $114.86 ↓ -98%
aetna better health wv chip $114.86 ↓ -98%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $133.58 ↓ -98%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $133.58 ↓ -98%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $137.59 ↓ -98%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $138.92 ↓ -98%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $140.26 ↓ -98%
humana medicare advantage all plans $140.26 ↓ -98%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $140.26 ↓ -98%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $140.26 ↓ -98%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $141.59 ↓ -98%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $141.59 ↓ -98%
wv senior advantage isnp $141.59 ↓ -98%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $141.59 ↓ -98%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $145.60 ↓ -98%
encova worker's compensation $200.37 ↓ -97%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $200.37 ↓ -97%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $207.05 ↓ -97%
coventry health care worker's compensation $211.06 ↓ -97%
alliance coal alliance coal $233.77 ↓ -96%

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