Injection arthrography hip without anesthesia (both sides) 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

$494.50

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.

$989.00

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.

$48.00 with molina managed medicaid vs $341.26 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 $48.00 ↓ -90%
wellpoint wv chip $51.47 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $51.47 ↓ -90%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $51.47 ↓ -90%
highmark health options chip $51.47 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $52.21 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv chip $52.45 ↓ -89%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $52.45 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv chip $52.45 ↓ -89%
aetna better health pa chip $52.80 ↓ -89%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $53.92 ↓ -89%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $53.92 ↓ -89%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $58.59 ↓ -88%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $58.59 ↓ -88%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $58.59 ↓ -88%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $58.59 ↓ -88%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $60.93 ↓ -88%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $61.52 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage all plans $61.52 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $61.52 ↓ -88%
wv senior advantage isnp $62.11 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $62.11 ↓ -87%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $63.86 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv peia $65.62 ↓ -87%
occunet occunet $79.10 ↓ -84%
coventry health care worker's compensation $92.57 ↓ -81%
alliance coal alliance coal $102.53 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $341.26 ↓ -31%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $341.26 ↓ -31%

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Injection arthrography hip without anesthesia (both sides) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $1,093.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,098.00 $38.08 – $248.22
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $143.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $759.00 $38.08 – $102.53
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $389.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,339.00 $51.36 – $102.53
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $361.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $446.50 $51.47 – $102.53

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