Mapping io sentinel lymph node 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

$2,057.88

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.

$4,115.75

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.

$128.56 with anthem va medicare advantage vs $748.81 with blue cross blue shield traditional — 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
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $128.56 ↓ -94%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $128.56 ↓ -94%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $128.56 ↓ -94%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $128.56 ↓ -94%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $133.70 ↓ -94%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $134.99 ↓ -93%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $134.99 ↓ -93%
humana medicare advantage all plans $134.99 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $136.27 ↓ -93%
wv senior advantage isnp $136.27 ↓ -93%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $140.13 ↓ -93%
the health plan wv peia $143.99 ↓ -93%
occunet occunet $173.56 ↓ -92%
coventry health care worker's compensation $203.12 ↓ -90%
wellpoint wv chip $205.80 ↓ -90%
highmark health options chip $205.80 ↓ -90%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -90%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $205.80 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $208.74 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv chip $209.72 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $209.72 ↓ -90%
aetna better health wv chip $209.72 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $215.60 ↓ -90%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $215.60 ↓ -90%
alliance coal alliance coal $224.98 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $748.81 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $748.81 ↓ -64%

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Mapping io sentinel lymph node at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $6,399.25 $83.56 – $544.64
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $235.20 not published
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,008.33 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $4,115.00 $128.56 – $224.98
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $147.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $148.00 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $147.00 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $3,814.38 $128.56 – $224.98

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