MRI orbit/face/neck without contrast 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

$1,674.50

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.

$3,349.00

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.

$47.36 with highmark health options west va vs $1,420.79 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 $47.36 ↓ -97%
wellpoint wv chip $47.36 ↓ -97%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $47.36 ↓ -97%
highmark health options chip $47.36 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $48.03 ↓ -97%
the health plan wv chip $48.26 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $48.26 ↓ -97%
aetna better health wv chip $48.26 ↓ -97%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $49.61 ↓ -97%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $49.61 ↓ -97%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $243.93 ↓ -85%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $243.93 ↓ -85%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $243.93 ↓ -85%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $243.93 ↓ -85%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $253.69 ↓ -85%
humana medicare advantage all plans $256.13 ↓ -85%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $256.13 ↓ -85%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $256.13 ↓ -85%
wv senior advantage isnp $258.57 ↓ -85%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $258.57 ↓ -85%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $265.88 ↓ -84%
molina managed medicaid molina managed medicaid $269.00 ↓ -84%
the health plan wv peia $273.20 ↓ -84%
aetna better health pa chip $295.90 ↓ -82%
occunet occunet $329.31 ↓ -80%
coventry health care worker's compensation $385.41 ↓ -77%
alliance coal alliance coal $426.88 ↓ -75%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,420.79 ↓ -15%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,420.79 ↓ -15%

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MRI orbit/face/neck without contrast at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson $1,205.50 not published
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,735.50 $47.36 – $973.00
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,680.80 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $1,531.00 $47.36 – $398.58
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,040.50 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $1,264.50 $47.36 – $401.87
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $1,537.50 not published
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,467.50 $47.36 – $430.46

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