Ghs leukocyte alkaline phos (mayo) 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

$44.50

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.

$89.00

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.

$8.00 with molina managed medicaid vs $50.09 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 $8.00 ↓ -82%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $8.13 ↓ -82%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $8.13 ↓ -82%
highmark health options chip $8.13 ↓ -82%
wellpoint wv chip $8.13 ↓ -82%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $8.24 ↓ -81%
aetna better health wv chip $8.28 ↓ -81%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $8.28 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv chip $8.28 ↓ -81%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $8.51 ↓ -81%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $8.51 ↓ -81%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $8.60 ↓ -81%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $8.60 ↓ -81%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $8.60 ↓ -81%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $8.60 ↓ -81%
aetna better health pa chip $8.80 ↓ -80%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $8.94 ↓ -80%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $9.03 ↓ -80%
humana medicare advantage all plans $9.03 ↓ -80%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $9.03 ↓ -80%
wv senior advantage isnp $9.12 ↓ -80%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $9.12 ↓ -80%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $9.37 ↓ -79%
the health plan wv peia $9.63 ↓ -78%
alliance coal alliance coal $10.75 ↓ -76%
occunet occunet $11.61 ↓ -74%
coventry health care worker's compensation $13.59 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $50.09 ↑ +13%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $50.09 ↑ +13%

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Ghs leukocyte alkaline phos (mayo) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $188.50 $5.59 – $13.59
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $79.50 $5.59 – $13.59
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $70.50 $8.13 – $13.59
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $75.50 $8.13 – $13.59
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $70.50 $8.13 – $13.59
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $44.50 $8.00 – $43.77

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