Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement 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

$96.50

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.

$193.00

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.

$38.86 with molina managed medicaid vs $458.80 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 $38.86 ↓ -60%
aetna better health pa chip $42.75 ↓ -56%
highmark health options chip $74.43 ↓ -23%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $74.43 ↓ -23%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $74.43 ↓ -23%
wellpoint wv chip $74.43 ↓ -23%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $75.50 ↓ -22%
aetna better health wv chip $75.85 ↓ -21%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $75.85 ↓ -21%
the health plan wv chip $75.85 ↓ -21%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $77.98 ↓ -19%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $77.98 ↓ -19%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $78.77 ↓ -18%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $78.77 ↓ -18%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $78.77 ↓ -18%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $78.77 ↓ -18%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $81.92 ↓ -15%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $82.71 ↓ -14%
humana medicare advantage all plans $82.71 ↓ -14%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $82.71 ↓ -14%
wv senior advantage isnp $83.50 ↓ -13%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $83.50 ↓ -13%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $85.86 ↓ -11%
the health plan wv peia $88.22 ↓ -9%
alliance coal alliance coal $98.46 ↑ +2%
occunet occunet $106.34 ↑ +10%
coventry health care worker's compensation $124.46 ↑ +29%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $458.80 ↑ +375%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $458.80 ↑ +375%

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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $105.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $528.00 $38.86 – $333.71
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $157.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $143.00 $40.80 – $124.46
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $100.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $117.00 $41.58 – $124.46
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $107.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $117.50 $74.43 – $124.46

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