Coronary angio/cath placement bypass graft/lv gram/lt heart 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

$7,822.50

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.

$15,645.00

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.

$252.72 with highmark health options west va vs $19,304.59 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
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $252.72 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $252.72 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $252.72 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $252.72 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $256.33 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $257.54 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $257.54 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $257.54 ↓ -97%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $264.76 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $264.76 ↓ -97%
aetna better health pa chip $853.60 ↓ -89%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3,314.32 ↓ -58%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3,314.32 ↓ -58%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $3,314.32 ↓ -58%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $3,314.32 ↓ -58%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $3,446.89 ↓ -56%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,480.04 ↓ -56%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,480.04 ↓ -56%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,480.04 ↓ -56%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,513.18 ↓ -55%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,513.18 ↓ -55%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,612.61 ↓ -54%
the health plan wv peia $3,712.04 ↓ -53%
occunet occunet $4,474.33 ↓ -43%
coventry health care worker's compensation $5,236.63 ↓ -33%
alliance coal alliance coal $5,800.06 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $19,304.59 ↑ +147%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $19,304.59 ↑ +147%

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Coronary angio/cath placement bypass graft/lv gram/lt heart at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $15,313.00 $252.72 – $13,220.04
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $10,394.50 $252.72 – $5,415.55
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $8,645.00 $252.72 – $5,460.21
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $6,262.00 $252.72 – $5,848.60
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $9,867.50 $252.72 – $5,415.55
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $5,742.00 $252.72 – $15,661.46
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $7,197.00 $252.72 – $15,749.66
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $17,650.20 $252.72 – $13,865.68

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