Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus 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

$121.00

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.

$242.00

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.

$40.49 with highmark health options west va vs $249.53 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
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $40.49 ↓ -67%
wellpoint wv chip $40.49 ↓ -67%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $40.49 ↓ -67%
highmark health options chip $40.49 ↓ -67%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $41.07 ↓ -66%
the health plan wv chip $41.26 ↓ -66%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $41.26 ↓ -66%
aetna better health wv chip $41.26 ↓ -66%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $42.42 ↓ -65%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $42.42 ↓ -65%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $42.84 ↓ -65%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $42.84 ↓ -65%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $42.84 ↓ -65%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $42.84 ↓ -65%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $44.55 ↓ -63%
humana medicare advantage all plans $44.98 ↓ -63%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $44.98 ↓ -63%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $44.98 ↓ -63%
wv senior advantage isnp $45.41 ↓ -62%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $45.41 ↓ -62%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $46.70 ↓ -61%
the health plan wv peia $47.98 ↓ -60%
molina managed medicaid molina managed medicaid $48.54 ↓ -60%
aetna better health pa chip $53.39 ↓ -56%
alliance coal alliance coal $53.55 ↓ -56%
occunet occunet $57.83 ↓ -52%
coventry health care worker's compensation $67.69 ↓ -44%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $249.53 ↑ +106%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $249.53 ↑ +106%

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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $148.00 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $216.00 $27.85 – $181.49
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $365.60 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $83.00 $27.85 – $67.69
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $471.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $154.50 $40.49 – $67.69
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $184.00 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $175.50 $40.49 – $67.69

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