Cystoscopy & ureter catheter 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

$3,694.00

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.

$7,388.00

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.

$116.00 with molina managed medicaid vs $12,447.52 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 $116.00 ↓ -97%
aetna better health pa chip $127.60 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -94%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $215.60 ↓ -94%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $215.60 ↓ -94%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $2,137.06 ↓ -42%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $2,137.06 ↓ -42%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $2,137.06 ↓ -42%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $2,137.06 ↓ -42%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $2,222.54 ↓ -40%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $2,243.91 ↓ -39%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $2,243.91 ↓ -39%
humana medicare advantage all plans $2,243.91 ↓ -39%
wv senior advantage isnp $2,265.28 ↓ -39%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $2,265.28 ↓ -39%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $2,329.40 ↓ -37%
the health plan wv peia $2,393.51 ↓ -35%
occunet occunet $2,885.03 ↓ -22%
coventry health care worker's compensation $3,376.55 ↓ -9%
alliance coal alliance coal $3,739.86 ↑ +1%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $12,447.52 ↑ +237%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $12,447.52 ↑ +237%

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Cystoscopy & ureter catheter at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $4,626.00 $116.00 – $8,524.22
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $219.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $4,170.50 $121.80 – $3,491.92
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $7,811.00 $124.12 – $3,520.70
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $3,279.50 $205.80 – $3,771.16
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $2,046.17 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $2,481.00 $127.60 – $3,739.86
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $3,743.38 $205.80 – $1,745.98

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