Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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

$104.00

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.

$208.00

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.

$54.42 with molina managed medicaid vs $491.95 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 $54.42 ↓ -48%
aetna better health pa chip $59.86 ↓ -42%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $73.09 ↓ -30%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $73.09 ↓ -30%
wellpoint wv chip $73.09 ↓ -30%
highmark health options chip $73.09 ↓ -30%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $74.13 ↓ -29%
aetna better health wv chip $74.48 ↓ -28%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $74.48 ↓ -28%
the health plan wv chip $74.48 ↓ -28%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $76.57 ↓ -26%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $76.57 ↓ -26%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $84.46 ↓ -19%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $84.46 ↓ -19%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $84.46 ↓ -19%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $84.46 ↓ -19%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $87.84 ↓ -16%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $88.68 ↓ -15%
humana medicare advantage all plans $88.68 ↓ -15%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $88.68 ↓ -15%
wv senior advantage isnp $89.53 ↓ -14%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $89.53 ↓ -14%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $92.06 ↓ -11%
the health plan wv peia $94.60 ↓ -9%
occunet occunet $114.02 ↑ +10%
coventry health care worker's compensation $133.45 ↑ +28%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $491.95 ↑ +373%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $491.95 ↑ +373%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $105.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $72.50 $54.42 – $357.81
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $168.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $68.00 $54.90 – $133.45
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $105.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $96.00 $58.23 – $133.45
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $105.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $200.00 not published

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