Lap paraesophag hern repair at Princeton Community Hospital
122 12th St, Princeton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1558313213
$9,588.00
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.
$19,176.00
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.
$853.60 with aetna better health pa vs $63,297.03 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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| aetna better health pa | chip | $853.60 | ↓ -91% |
| wellpoint west virginia | mgd mcaid | $1,197.74 | ↓ -88% |
| wellpoint wv | chip | $1,197.74 | ↓ -88% |
| highmark health options | chip | $1,197.74 | ↓ -88% |
| highmark health options west va | mgd mcaid | $1,197.74 | ↓ -88% |
| the health plan wv | mgd mcaid | $1,214.85 | ↓ -87% |
| aetna | better health wv mgd medicaid | $1,220.55 | ↓ -87% |
| aetna better health wv | chip | $1,220.55 | ↓ -87% |
| the health plan wv | chip | $1,220.55 | ↓ -87% |
| pennsylvania health & wellness | medicaid | $1,254.77 | ↓ -87% |
| aetna | better health va mgd medicaid | $1,254.77 | ↓ -87% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $10,867.19 | ↑ +13% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $10,867.19 | ↑ +13% |
| optima va medicare advantage | all plans | $10,867.19 | ↑ +13% |
| anthem va medicare advantage | hmo | $10,867.19 | ↑ +13% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $11,301.88 | ↑ +18% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $11,410.55 | ↑ +19% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $11,410.55 | ↑ +19% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $11,410.55 | ↑ +19% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $11,519.22 | ↑ +20% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $11,519.22 | ↑ +20% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $11,845.24 | ↑ +24% |
| the health plan wv | peia | $12,171.25 | ↑ +27% |
| occunet | occunet | $14,670.71 | ↑ +53% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $17,170.16 | ↑ +79% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $19,017.58 | ↑ +98% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $63,297.03 | ↑ +560% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $63,297.03 | ↑ +560% |
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Lap paraesophag hern repair at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $47,702.00 | $776.00 – $43,346.68 |
| Grant Memorial Hospital | Petersburg | $2,708.80 | not published |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center | Summersville | $1,655.50 | not published |
| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $18,699.50 | $1,197.74 – $17,903.22 |
| Braxton County Memorial Hospital | Gassaway | $1,693.00 | not published |
| Jackson General Hospital | Ripley | $1,655.50 | not published |
| Potomac Valley Hospital | Keyser | $1,693.00 | not published |
| Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | $22,033.00 | $1,197.74 – $17,756.87 |