Lactic acid 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

$364.00

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.

$728.00

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.

$8.00 with molina managed medicaid vs $67.39 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 $8.00 ↓ -98%
aetna better health pa chip $8.80 ↓ -98%
highmark health options chip $10.93 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $10.93 ↓ -97%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $10.93 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $10.93 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $11.09 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $11.14 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $11.14 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $11.14 ↓ -97%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $11.45 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $11.45 ↓ -97%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $11.57 ↓ -97%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $11.57 ↓ -97%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $11.57 ↓ -97%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $11.57 ↓ -97%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $12.03 ↓ -97%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $12.15 ↓ -97%
humana medicare advantage all plans $12.15 ↓ -97%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $12.15 ↓ -97%
wv senior advantage isnp $12.26 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $12.26 ↓ -97%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $12.61 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv peia $12.96 ↓ -96%
alliance coal alliance coal $14.46 ↓ -96%
occunet occunet $15.62 ↓ -96%
coventry health care worker's compensation $18.28 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $67.39 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $67.39 ↓ -81%

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Lactic acid at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $79.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $472.60 $7.52 – $49.02
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $73.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $338.50 $7.52 – $18.28
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $35.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $338.50 $8.56 – $18.28
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $62.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $338.50 $10.93 – $18.28

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