Dilation of urethra 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

$153.00

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.

$306.00

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.

$20.00 with molina managed medicaid vs $792.26 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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 $20.00 ↓ -87%
aetna better health pa chip $22.00 ↓ -86%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $136.02 ↓ -11%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $136.02 ↓ -11%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $136.02 ↓ -11%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $136.02 ↓ -11%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $141.46 ↓ -8%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $142.82 ↓ -7%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $142.82 ↓ -7%
humana medicare advantage all plans $142.82 ↓ -7%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $144.18 ↓ -6%
wv senior advantage isnp $144.18 ↓ -6%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $148.26 ↓ -3%
the health plan wv peia $152.34 ↓ -0%
occunet occunet $183.63 ↑ +20%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↑ +35%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↑ +35%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↑ +35%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↑ +35%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↑ +36%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↑ +37%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↑ +37%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↑ +37%
coventry health care worker's compensation $214.91 ↑ +40%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $215.60 ↑ +41%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $215.60 ↑ +41%
alliance coal alliance coal $238.03 ↑ +56%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $792.26 ↑ +418%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $792.26 ↑ +418%

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Dilation of urethra at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $41.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $170.00 $20.00 – $542.57
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $65.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $160.00 $21.00 – $222.25
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $41.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $153.00 $21.40 – $224.09
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $41.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $153.00 $137.15 – $240.01

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