Ex arm/elbow tum deep < 5 cm 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

$1,945.50

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.

$3,891.00

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.

$2,969.58 with anthem va medicare advantage vs $17,296.62 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
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $2,969.58 ↑ +53%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $2,969.58 ↑ +53%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $2,969.58 ↑ +53%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $2,969.58 ↑ +53%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $3,088.36 ↑ +59%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,118.06 ↑ +60%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,118.06 ↑ +60%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,118.06 ↑ +60%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,147.75 ↑ +62%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,147.75 ↑ +62%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,236.84 ↑ +66%
the health plan wv peia $3,325.93 ↑ +71%
occunet occunet $4,008.93 ↑ +106%
coventry health care worker's compensation $4,691.94 ↑ +141%
alliance coal alliance coal $5,196.77 ↑ +167%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $17,296.62 ↑ +789%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $17,296.62 ↑ +789%

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Ex arm/elbow tum deep < 5 cm at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $587.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $5,537.50 $1,817.35 – $11,844.92
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $940.00 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $580.00 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $587.50 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $580.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $587.50 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $3,668.00 $129.25 – $5,196.77

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