Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler 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

$1,661.50

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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.

$3,323.00

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.

$801.42 with anthem va medicare advantage vs $4,667.95 with blue cross blue shield ppo — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $801.42 ↓ -52%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $801.42 ↓ -52%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $801.42 ↓ -52%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $801.42 ↓ -52%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $833.48 ↓ -50%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $841.49 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage all plans $841.49 ↓ -49%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $841.49 ↓ -49%
wv senior advantage isnp $849.51 ↓ -49%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $849.51 ↓ -49%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $873.55 ↓ -47%
the health plan wv peia $897.59 ↓ -46%
occunet occunet $1,081.92 ↓ -35%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,266.24 ↓ -24%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,402.48 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $4,667.95 ↑ +181%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $4,667.95 ↑ +181%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $1,014.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,819.00 $490.46 – $3,196.69
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,984.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,194.00 $486.40 – $1,309.52
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $982.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,046.50 $754.46 – $1,320.30
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $1,302.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,101.00 $808.13 – $1,414.23

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