Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (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

$3,459.00

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.

$6,918.00

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.

$95.04 with molina managed medicaid vs $5,266.78 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 $95.04 ↓ -97%
aetna better health pa chip $104.54 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -94%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -94%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -94%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -94%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -94%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $215.60 ↓ -94%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $215.60 ↓ -94%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $904.23 ↓ -74%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $904.23 ↓ -74%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $904.23 ↓ -74%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $904.23 ↓ -74%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $940.40 ↓ -73%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $949.44 ↓ -73%
humana medicare advantage all plans $949.44 ↓ -73%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $949.44 ↓ -73%
wv senior advantage isnp $958.48 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $958.48 ↓ -72%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $985.61 ↓ -72%
the health plan wv peia $1,012.74 ↓ -71%
occunet occunet $1,220.71 ↓ -65%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,428.68 ↓ -59%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,582.40 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $5,266.78 ↑ +52%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $5,266.78 ↑ +52%

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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $885.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $3,626.00 $95.04 – $3,606.74
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,436.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $2,850.00 $99.79 – $1,477.49
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $3,354.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $2,930.00 $101.69 – $744.84
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $112.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,268.50 $205.80 – $1,595.63

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