Ex sq tumor/face or scalp < 2 cm 21011 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

$2,036.67

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.

$4,073.34

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.

$189.16 with molina managed medicaid vs $9,834.72 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 $189.16 ↓ -91%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -90%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -90%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -90%
aetna better health pa chip $208.08 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -90%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $215.60 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $215.60 ↓ -89%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $1,688.48 ↓ -17%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $1,688.48 ↓ -17%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $1,688.48 ↓ -17%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $1,688.48 ↓ -17%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $1,756.02 ↓ -14%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $1,772.90 ↓ -13%
humana medicare advantage all plans $1,772.90 ↓ -13%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $1,772.90 ↓ -13%
wv senior advantage isnp $1,789.79 ↓ -12%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $1,789.79 ↓ -12%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $1,840.44 ↓ -10%
the health plan wv peia $1,891.10 ↓ -7%
occunet occunet $2,279.45 ↑ +12%
coventry health care worker's compensation $2,667.80 ↑ +31%
alliance coal alliance coal $2,954.84 ↑ +45%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $9,834.72 ↑ +383%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $9,834.72 ↑ +383%

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Ex sq tumor/face or scalp < 2 cm 21011 at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $275.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $4,767.50 $189.16 – $6,734.93
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $440.00 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $2,877.00 $198.62 – $2,758.96
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $271.50 not published
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $2,503.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,898.50 $205.80 – $2,979.57
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $1,845.50 not published

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