Ultrasound encephalogram 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

$403.50

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.

$807.00

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.

$22.65 with highmark health options vs $88.04 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 health options chip $22.65 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $22.65 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $22.65 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $22.65 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $22.97 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $23.08 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $23.08 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $23.08 ↓ -94%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $50.31 ↓ -88%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $50.31 ↓ -88%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $50.83 ↓ -87%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $51.82 ↓ -87%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $52.32 ↓ -87%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $52.83 ↓ -87%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $52.83 ↓ -87%
humana medicare advantage all plans $52.83 ↓ -87%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $52.83 ↓ -87%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $53.33 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $53.33 ↓ -87%
wv senior advantage isnp $53.33 ↓ -87%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $53.33 ↓ -87%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $54.84 ↓ -86%
encova worker's compensation $75.46 ↓ -81%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $75.46 ↓ -81%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $77.98 ↓ -81%
coventry health care worker's compensation $79.49 ↓ -80%
alliance coal alliance coal $88.04 ↓ -78%

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Ultrasound encephalogram at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $33.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $483.00 $22.65 – $426.32
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $52.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $199.50 $22.65 – $174.65
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $280.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $353.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $415.50 $22.65 – $188.60
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $31.00 not published

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