Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$7.00

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.

$14.00

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.

$7.49 with aetna vs $15.63 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 $7.49 ↑ +7%
highmark health options chip $9.35 ↑ +34%
wellpoint wv chip $9.35 ↑ +34%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $9.35 ↑ +34%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $9.35 ↑ +34%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $9.48 ↑ +35%
aetna better health wv chip $9.52 ↑ +36%
the health plan wv chip $9.52 ↑ +36%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $9.52 ↑ +36%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $9.89 ↑ +41%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $9.89 ↑ +41%
highmark wholecare pa medicare advantage all pla $10.19 ↑ +46%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $10.29 ↑ +47%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $10.38 ↑ +48%
humana medicare advantage all plans $10.38 ↑ +48%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $10.38 ↑ +48%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $10.38 ↑ +48%
wv senior advantage isnp $10.48 ↑ +50%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $10.48 ↑ +50%
valor health medicare advantage all plans $10.48 ↑ +50%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $10.48 ↑ +50%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $10.78 ↑ +54%
alliance coal alliance coal $12.36 ↑ +77%
caresource oh exchange caresource oh exchange $14.84 ↑ +112%
encova worker's compensation $14.84 ↑ +112%
rockport healthcare group worker's compensation $15.33 ↑ +119%
coventry health care worker's compensation $15.63 ↑ +123%

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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $7.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $265.00 $6.43 – $41.90
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $30.40 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $28.00 $6.43 – $15.63
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $7.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $7.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $7.00 $9.35 – $15.63
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $7.00 not published

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