App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm addl 100sq cm at Princeton Community Hospital

122 12th St, Princeton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1558313213

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 10, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,295.75

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.

$2,591.50

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.

$33.72 with highmark health options west va vs $236.30 with blue cross blue shield ppo — 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 west va mgd mcaid $33.72 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $33.72 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $33.72 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $33.72 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $34.20 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $34.36 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $34.36 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $34.36 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $35.32 ↓ -97%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $35.32 ↓ -97%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $40.57 ↓ -97%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $40.57 ↓ -97%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $40.57 ↓ -97%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $40.57 ↓ -97%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $42.19 ↓ -97%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $42.60 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $42.60 ↓ -97%
humana medicare advantage all plans $42.60 ↓ -97%
wv senior advantage isnp $43.00 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $43.00 ↓ -97%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $44.22 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv peia $45.44 ↓ -96%
occunet occunet $54.77 ↓ -96%
coventry health care worker's compensation $64.10 ↓ -95%
alliance coal alliance coal $71.00 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $236.30 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $236.30 ↓ -82%

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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm addl 100sq cm at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $4,498.75 $26.37 – $171.87
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $73.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $911.67 $26.37 – $71.00
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,037.00 $33.72 – $71.00
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $767.00 $33.72 – $71.00
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $259.00 $33.72 – $71.00
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $811.50 $33.72 – $71.00
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $159.50 $33.72 – $205.32

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