Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt 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

$65.00

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.

$130.00

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.

$152.73 with anthem va medicare advantage vs $889.59 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 $152.73 ↑ +135%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $152.73 ↑ +135%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $152.73 ↑ +135%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $152.73 ↑ +135%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $158.84 ↑ +144%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $160.37 ↑ +147%
humana medicare advantage all plans $160.37 ↑ +147%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $160.37 ↑ +147%
wv senior advantage isnp $161.89 ↑ +149%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $161.89 ↑ +149%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $166.48 ↑ +156%
the health plan wv peia $171.06 ↑ +163%
occunet occunet $206.19 ↑ +217%
coventry health care worker's compensation $241.31 ↑ +271%
alliance coal alliance coal $267.28 ↑ +311%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $889.59 ↑ +1269%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $889.59 ↑ +1269%

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Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $115.50 $99.27 – $647.04
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $67.00 $99.27 – $267.28
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $92.88 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $92.88 $152.73 – $267.28
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $75.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $67.00 $152.73 – $267.28
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $65.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $65.00 not published

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