Dx laryngoscopy w/oper scope 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

$934.75

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.

$1,869.50

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.

$118.00 with molina managed medicaid vs $10,598.68 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 $118.00 ↓ -87%
aetna better health pa chip $129.80 ↓ -86%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -78%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -78%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -78%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -78%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -78%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -78%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -78%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -78%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $215.60 ↓ -77%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $215.60 ↓ -77%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $1,819.64 ↑ +95%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,819.64 ↑ +95%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $1,819.64 ↑ +95%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,819.64 ↑ +95%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,892.43 ↑ +102%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,910.62 ↑ +104%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,910.62 ↑ +104%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,910.62 ↑ +104%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,928.82 ↑ +106%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,928.82 ↑ +106%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,983.41 ↑ +112%
the health plan wv peia $2,038.00 ↑ +118%
occunet occunet $2,456.51 ↑ +163%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,875.03 ↑ +208%
alliance coal alliance coal $3,184.37 ↑ +241%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $10,598.68 ↑ +1034%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $10,598.68 ↑ +1034%

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Dx laryngoscopy w/oper scope at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $17,297.50 $118.00 – $7,258.10
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $3,078.50 $123.90 – $2,973.27
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $2,607.00 $205.80 – $3,211.02
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $2,138.00 $129.80 – $3,184.37
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $2,607.00 $205.80 – $2,973.27
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $4,093.00 $205.80 – $8,598.52
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $536.40 $118.90 – $130.53

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