Blood split unit at Princeton Community Hospital
122 12th St, Princeton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1558313213
$159.50
Cash price 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.
$319.00
Gross charge 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.
$166.08 with anthem va medicare advantage vs $967.35 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| anthem va medicare advantage | hmo | $166.08 | ↑ +4% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $166.08 | ↑ +4% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $166.08 | ↑ +4% |
| optima va medicare advantage | all plans | $166.08 | ↑ +4% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $172.72 | ↑ +8% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $174.38 | ↑ +9% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $174.38 | ↑ +9% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $174.38 | ↑ +9% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $176.04 | ↑ +10% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $176.04 | ↑ +10% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $181.03 | ↑ +13% |
| the health plan wv | peia | $186.01 | ↑ +17% |
| occunet | occunet | $224.21 | ↑ +41% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $262.41 | ↑ +65% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $290.64 | ↑ +82% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $967.35 | ↑ +506% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $967.35 | ↑ +506% |
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Blood split unit at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $141.00 | $100.80 – $410.96 |
| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $100.00 | $155.08 – $271.39 |
| United Hospital Center | Bridgeport | $392.00 | $166.08 – $290.64 |
| Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | $392.00 | $155.08 – $271.39 |
| Thomas Hospitals | South Charleston | $171.00 | $155.08 – $784.84 |