Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at Princeton Community Hospital
122 12th St, Princeton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1558313213
$71.00
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.
$142.00
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.
$6.50 with molina managed medicaid vs $222.38 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 | $6.50 | ↓ -91% |
| aetna better health pa | chip | $7.15 | ↓ -90% |
| optima va medicare advantage | all plans | $38.18 | ↓ -46% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $38.18 | ↓ -46% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $38.18 | ↓ -46% |
| anthem va medicare advantage | hmo | $38.18 | ↓ -46% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $39.71 | ↓ -44% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $40.09 | ↓ -44% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $40.09 | ↓ -44% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $40.09 | ↓ -44% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $40.47 | ↓ -43% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $40.47 | ↓ -43% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $41.62 | ↓ -41% |
| the health plan wv | peia | $42.76 | ↓ -40% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $47.72 | ↓ -33% |
| occunet | occunet | $51.54 | ↓ -27% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $60.32 | ↓ -15% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $222.38 | ↑ +213% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $222.38 | ↑ +213% |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Jefferson Medical Center | Ranson | $29.50 | not published |
| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $76.00 | $6.83 – $56.80 |
| Grant Memorial Hospital | Petersburg | $47.20 | not published |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital | Glen Dale | $68.50 | $6.83 – $56.33 |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center | Summersville | $27.50 | not published |
| Braxton County Memorial Hospital | Gassaway | $29.50 | not published |
| United Hospital Center | Bridgeport | $93.50 | $38.50 – $60.83 |
| Jackson General Hospital | Ripley | $152.00 | not published |