Biopsy abdominal mass 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

$3,057.00

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.

$6,114.00

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.

$80.97 with molina managed medicaid vs $9,834.72 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
molina managed medicaid molina managed medicaid $80.97 ↓ -97%
aetna better health pa chip $89.07 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -93%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -93%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -93%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $215.60 ↓ -93%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $215.60 ↓ -93%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $1,688.48 ↓ -45%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,688.48 ↓ -45%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $1,688.48 ↓ -45%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,688.48 ↓ -45%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,756.02 ↓ -43%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,772.90 ↓ -42%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,772.90 ↓ -42%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,772.90 ↓ -42%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,789.79 ↓ -41%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,789.79 ↓ -41%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,840.44 ↓ -40%
the health plan wv peia $1,891.10 ↓ -38%
occunet occunet $2,279.45 ↓ -25%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,667.80 ↓ -13%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,954.84 ↓ -3%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $9,834.72 ↑ +222%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $9,834.72 ↑ +222%

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Biopsy abdominal mass at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $6,178.00 $80.97 – $6,734.93
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $3,464.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,999.50 $85.02 – $2,758.96
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,898.50 $86.64 – $2,781.70
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $2,257.50 $205.80 – $2,979.57
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $2,273.50 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $2,607.50 $205.80 – $2,758.96
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $3,023.00 $205.80 – $7,978.76

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