Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout 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

$1,290.00

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.

$2,580.00

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.

$1,622.11 with molina managed medicaid vs $10,629.20 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 $1,622.11 ↑ +26%
wellpoint wv chip $1,724.51 ↑ +34%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $1,724.51 ↑ +34%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $1,724.51 ↑ +34%
highmark health options chip $1,724.51 ↑ +34%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $1,749.15 ↑ +36%
aetna better health wv chip $1,757.36 ↑ +36%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $1,757.36 ↑ +36%
the health plan wv chip $1,757.36 ↑ +36%
aetna better health pa chip $1,784.32 ↑ +38%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $1,806.63 ↑ +40%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $1,806.63 ↑ +40%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $1,824.88 ↑ +41%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,824.88 ↑ +41%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $1,824.88 ↑ +41%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,824.88 ↑ +41%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,897.88 ↑ +47%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,916.12 ↑ +49%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,916.12 ↑ +49%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,916.12 ↑ +49%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,934.37 ↑ +50%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,934.37 ↑ +50%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,989.12 ↑ +54%
the health plan wv peia $2,043.87 ↑ +58%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,281.10 ↑ +77%
occunet occunet $2,463.59 ↑ +91%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,883.31 ↑ +124%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $10,629.20 ↑ +724%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $10,629.20 ↑ +724%

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $1,200.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,200.00 $1,186.17 – $7,731.10
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,920.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,200.00 $1,186.17 – $2,883.31
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,200.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,200.00 $1,724.51 – $2,883.31
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $1,200.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,200.00 $1,724.51 – $2,883.31

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