Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at Princeton Community Hospital
122 12th St, Princeton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1558313213
$38.00
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.
$76.00
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.
$16.01 with molina managed medicaid vs $4,797.49 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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| molina managed medicaid | molina managed medicaid | $16.01 | ↓ -58% |
| aetna better health pa | chip | $17.61 | ↓ -54% |
| optima va medicare advantage | all plans | $823.66 | ↑ +2068% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $823.66 | ↑ +2068% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $823.66 | ↑ +2068% |
| anthem va medicare advantage | hmo | $823.66 | ↑ +2068% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $856.61 | ↑ +2154% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $864.84 | ↑ +2176% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $864.84 | ↑ +2176% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $864.84 | ↑ +2176% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $873.08 | ↑ +2198% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $873.08 | ↑ +2198% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $897.79 | ↑ +2263% |
| the health plan wv | peia | $922.50 | ↑ +2328% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $1,029.58 | ↑ +2609% |
| occunet | occunet | $1,111.94 | ↑ +2826% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $1,301.38 | ↑ +3325% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $4,797.49 | ↑ +12525% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $4,797.49 | ↑ +12525% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jefferson Medical Center | Ranson | $63.50 | not published |
| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $158.00 | $16.01 – $3,285.41 |
| Grant Memorial Hospital | Petersburg | $101.60 | not published |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital | Glen Dale | $73.50 | $16.81 – $1,215.11 |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center | Summersville | $61.00 | not published |
| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $318.50 | $17.13 – $1,225.13 |
| Braxton County Memorial Hospital | Gassaway | $63.50 | not published |
| United Hospital Center | Bridgeport | $117.00 | $830.56 – $1,312.28 |