Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 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

$706.00

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.

$1,412.00

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.

$93.47 with molina managed medicaid vs $5,400.74 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 $93.47 ↓ -87%
aetna better health pa chip $102.82 ↓ -85%
highmark health options chip $105.00 ↓ -85%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -85%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -85%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -85%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -85%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -85%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $110.00 ↓ -84%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $110.00 ↓ -84%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $927.23 ↑ +31%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $927.23 ↑ +31%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $927.23 ↑ +31%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $927.23 ↑ +31%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $964.32 ↑ +37%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $973.59 ↑ +38%
humana medicare advantage all plans $973.59 ↑ +38%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $973.59 ↑ +38%
wv senior advantage isnp $982.86 ↑ +39%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $982.86 ↑ +39%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,010.68 ↑ +43%
the health plan wv peia $1,038.50 ↑ +47%
occunet occunet $1,251.76 ↑ +77%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,465.02 ↑ +108%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,622.65 ↑ +130%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $5,400.74 ↑ +665%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $5,400.74 ↑ +665%

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Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $90.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $2,436.17 $93.47 – $3,698.51
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $144.80 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $91.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $580.00 $100.01 – $1,527.58
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $90.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,042.50 $105.00 – $1,636.25
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $91.00 not published

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