CT angio hrt w/3d image 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

$235.50

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.

$471.00

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.

$84.67 with highmark health options west va vs $2,077.40 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 $84.67 ↓ -64%
wellpoint wv chip $84.67 ↓ -64%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $84.67 ↓ -64%
highmark health options chip $84.67 ↓ -64%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $85.88 ↓ -64%
the health plan wv chip $86.28 ↓ -63%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $86.28 ↓ -63%
aetna better health wv chip $86.28 ↓ -63%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $88.70 ↓ -62%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $88.70 ↓ -62%
molina managed medicaid molina managed medicaid $207.07 ↓ -12%
aetna better health pa chip $227.78 ↓ -3%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $356.66 ↑ +51%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $356.66 ↑ +51%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $356.66 ↑ +51%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $356.66 ↑ +51%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $370.93 ↑ +58%
humana medicare advantage all plans $374.49 ↑ +59%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $374.49 ↑ +59%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $374.49 ↑ +59%
wv senior advantage isnp $378.06 ↑ +61%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $378.06 ↑ +61%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $388.76 ↑ +65%
the health plan wv peia $399.46 ↑ +70%
occunet occunet $481.49 ↑ +104%
coventry health care worker's compensation $563.52 ↑ +139%
alliance coal alliance coal $624.16 ↑ +165%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,077.40 ↑ +782%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,077.40 ↑ +782%

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CT angio hrt w/3d image at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,302.00 $84.67 – $1,422.66
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $402.40 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $124.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,833.50 $84.67 – $587.60
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $124.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $997.50 $84.67 – $629.39
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $124.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $334.50 not published

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