IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour 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

$574.50

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.

$1,149.00

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.

$39.30 with molina managed medicaid vs $1,266.56 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 $39.30 ↓ -93%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $40.92 ↓ -93%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $40.92 ↓ -93%
highmark health options chip $40.92 ↓ -93%
wellpoint wv chip $40.92 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $41.50 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv chip $41.70 ↓ -93%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $41.70 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv chip $41.70 ↓ -93%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $42.87 ↓ -93%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $42.87 ↓ -93%
aetna better health pa chip $43.23 ↓ -92%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $217.45 ↓ -62%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $217.45 ↓ -62%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $217.45 ↓ -62%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $217.45 ↓ -62%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $226.15 ↓ -61%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $228.32 ↓ -60%
humana medicare advantage all plans $228.32 ↓ -60%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $228.32 ↓ -60%
wv senior advantage isnp $230.50 ↓ -60%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $230.50 ↓ -60%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $237.02 ↓ -59%
the health plan wv peia $243.54 ↓ -58%
occunet occunet $293.56 ↓ -49%
coventry health care worker's compensation $343.57 ↓ -40%
alliance coal alliance coal $380.54 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,266.56 ↑ +120%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,266.56 ↑ +120%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $394.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $706.50 $39.30 – $867.34
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $455.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $997.00 $40.92 – $355.32
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $405.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $491.00 $40.92 – $358.24
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $204.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $566.50 $40.92 – $383.72

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