Drug test def 15-21 classes 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

$160.00

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.

$320.00

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.

$132.82 with molina managed medicaid vs $1,157.58 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 $132.82 ↓ -17%
aetna better health pa chip $146.10 ↓ -9%
highmark health options chip $187.81 ↑ +17%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $187.81 ↑ +17%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $187.81 ↑ +17%
wellpoint wv chip $187.81 ↑ +17%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $190.50 ↑ +19%
aetna better health wv chip $191.39 ↑ +20%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $191.39 ↑ +20%
the health plan wv chip $191.39 ↑ +20%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $196.76 ↑ +23%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $196.76 ↑ +23%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $198.74 ↑ +24%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $198.74 ↑ +24%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $198.74 ↑ +24%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $198.74 ↑ +24%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $206.69 ↑ +29%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $208.68 ↑ +30%
humana medicare advantage all plans $208.68 ↑ +30%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $208.68 ↑ +30%
wv senior advantage isnp $210.66 ↑ +32%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $210.66 ↑ +32%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $216.63 ↑ +35%
the health plan wv peia $222.59 ↑ +39%
occunet occunet $268.30 ↑ +68%
coventry health care worker's compensation $314.01 ↑ +96%
alliance coal alliance coal $347.80 ↑ +117%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,157.58 ↑ +623%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,157.58 ↑ +623%

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Drug test def 15-21 classes at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $160.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $220.50 $129.18 – $841.96
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $256.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $265.00 $129.18 – $347.80
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $165.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $168.00 $142.12 – $347.80
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $165.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $216.50 $187.81 – $347.80

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