Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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

$54.00

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.

$108.00

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.

$4.82 with aetna vs $9.46 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 $4.82 ↓ -91%
highmark health options chip $5.66 ↓ -90%
wellpoint wv chip $5.66 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $5.66 ↓ -90%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $5.66 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $5.74 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv chip $5.77 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv chip $5.77 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $5.77 ↓ -89%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $5.99 ↓ -89%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5.99 ↓ -89%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $6.17 ↓ -89%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $6.23 ↓ -88%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $6.29 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage all plans $6.29 ↓ -88%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $6.29 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $6.29 ↓ -88%
wv senior advantage isnp $6.35 ↓ -88%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $6.35 ↓ -88%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $6.35 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $6.35 ↓ -88%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $6.53 ↓ -88%
alliance coal alliance coal $7.49 ↓ -86%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $8.98 ↓ -83%
encova worker's compensation $8.98 ↓ -83%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $9.28 ↓ -83%
coventry health care worker's compensation $9.46 ↓ -82%

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Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $54.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $167.00 $3.89 – $25.38
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Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $8.00 $3.89 – $9.46
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $28.10 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $22.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $23.00 $5.66 – $9.46
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