H pylori (c-13) breath 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

$60.00

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.

$120.00

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.

$60.10 with molina managed medicaid vs $392.35 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 $60.10 ↑ +0%
wellpoint wv chip $63.65 ↑ +6%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $63.65 ↑ +6%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $63.65 ↑ +6%
highmark health options chip $63.65 ↑ +6%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $64.56 ↑ +8%
aetna better health wv chip $64.86 ↑ +8%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $64.86 ↑ +8%
the health plan wv chip $64.86 ↑ +8%
aetna better health pa chip $66.11 ↑ +10%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $66.68 ↑ +11%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $66.68 ↑ +11%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $67.36 ↑ +12%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $67.36 ↑ +12%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $67.36 ↑ +12%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $67.36 ↑ +12%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $70.05 ↑ +17%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $70.73 ↑ +18%
humana medicare advantage all plans $70.73 ↑ +18%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $70.73 ↑ +18%
wv senior advantage isnp $71.40 ↑ +19%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $71.40 ↑ +19%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $73.42 ↑ +22%
the health plan wv peia $75.44 ↑ +26%
alliance coal alliance coal $84.20 ↑ +40%
occunet occunet $90.94 ↑ +52%
coventry health care worker's compensation $106.43 ↑ +77%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $392.35 ↑ +554%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $392.35 ↑ +554%

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H pylori (c-13) breath at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $115.50 $43.78 – $285.37
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $415.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $72.50 $43.78 – $106.43
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $60.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $60.00 $63.65 – $106.43
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $60.00 $63.65 – $106.43
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $60.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $60.00 not published

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