Insert swan-ganz cath at Princeton Community Hospital
122 12th St, Princeton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1558313213
$1,745.50
Cash price 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.
$3,491.00
Gross charge 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.
$66.40 with highmark health options west va vs $9,373.59 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| highmark health options west va | mgd mcaid | $66.40 | ↓ -96% |
| wellpoint wv | chip | $66.40 | ↓ -96% |
| wellpoint west virginia | mgd mcaid | $66.40 | ↓ -96% |
| highmark health options | chip | $66.40 | ↓ -96% |
| the health plan wv | mgd mcaid | $67.35 | ↓ -96% |
| the health plan wv | chip | $67.67 | ↓ -96% |
| aetna | better health wv mgd medicaid | $67.67 | ↓ -96% |
| aetna better health wv | chip | $67.67 | ↓ -96% |
| aetna | better health va mgd medicaid | $69.56 | ↓ -96% |
| pennsylvania health & wellness | medicaid | $69.56 | ↓ -96% |
| aetna better health pa | chip | $853.60 | ↓ -51% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $1,609.31 | ↓ -8% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $1,609.31 | ↓ -8% |
| optima va medicare advantage | all plans | $1,609.31 | ↓ -8% |
| anthem va medicare advantage | hmo | $1,609.31 | ↓ -8% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $1,673.68 | ↓ -4% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $1,689.78 | ↓ -3% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $1,689.78 | ↓ -3% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $1,689.78 | ↓ -3% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $1,705.87 | ↓ -2% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $1,705.87 | ↓ -2% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $1,754.15 | ↑ +0% |
| the health plan wv | peia | $1,802.43 | ↑ +3% |
| occunet | occunet | $2,172.57 | ↑ +24% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $2,542.71 | ↑ +46% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $2,816.29 | ↑ +61% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $9,373.59 | ↑ +437% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $9,373.59 | ↑ +437% |
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Insert swan-ganz cath at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $3,186.50 | $66.40 – $6,419.14 |
| United Hospital Center | Bridgeport | $2,377.00 | $66.40 – $2,839.86 |
| Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | $2,377.00 | $66.40 – $2,629.58 |
| Thomas Hospitals | South Charleston | $2,522.00 | $66.40 – $7,604.61 |
| Weirton Medical Center | Weirton | $1,809.50 | $66.40 – $7,647.43 |