Hla class i high defin qual 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

$523.00

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.

$1,046.00

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.

$133.14 with molina managed medicaid vs $1,885.71 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 $133.14 ↓ -75%
aetna better health pa chip $146.45 ↓ -72%
highmark health options chip $305.95 ↓ -42%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $305.95 ↓ -42%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $305.95 ↓ -42%
wellpoint wv chip $305.95 ↓ -42%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $310.32 ↓ -41%
aetna better health wv chip $311.78 ↓ -40%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $311.78 ↓ -40%
the health plan wv chip $311.78 ↓ -40%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $320.52 ↓ -39%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $320.52 ↓ -39%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $323.75 ↓ -38%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $323.75 ↓ -38%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $323.75 ↓ -38%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $323.75 ↓ -38%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $336.70 ↓ -36%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $339.94 ↓ -35%
humana medicare advantage all plans $339.94 ↓ -35%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $339.94 ↓ -35%
wv senior advantage isnp $343.18 ↓ -34%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $343.18 ↓ -34%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $352.89 ↓ -33%
the health plan wv peia $362.60 ↓ -31%
alliance coal alliance coal $404.69 ↓ -23%
occunet occunet $437.06 ↓ -16%
coventry health care worker's compensation $511.52 ↓ -2%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,885.71 ↑ +261%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,885.71 ↑ +261%

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Hla class i high defin qual at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $753.00 $133.14 – $1,371.57
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $687.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $442.50 $139.80 – $511.52
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $497.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $404.50 $142.46 – $511.52
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $429.50 $305.95 – $511.52
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $497.00 not published
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $429.50 $146.45 – $511.52

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