Radiation treatment delivery 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

$377.00

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.

$754.00

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.

$21.50 with molina managed medicaid vs $607.56 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 $21.50 ↓ -94%
aetna better health pa chip $23.65 ↓ -94%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $104.31 ↓ -72%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $104.31 ↓ -72%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $104.31 ↓ -72%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $104.31 ↓ -72%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $108.48 ↓ -71%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $109.53 ↓ -71%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $109.53 ↓ -71%
humana medicare advantage all plans $109.53 ↓ -71%
wv senior advantage isnp $110.57 ↓ -71%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $110.57 ↓ -71%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $113.70 ↓ -70%
the health plan wv peia $116.83 ↓ -69%
occunet occunet $140.82 ↓ -63%
coventry health care worker's compensation $164.81 ↓ -56%
alliance coal alliance coal $182.54 ↓ -52%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $607.56 ↑ +61%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $607.56 ↑ +61%

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Radiation treatment delivery at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,347.00 $21.50 – $416.07
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $754.00 $23.01 – $171.85
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $989.00 $105.18 – $184.06
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $989.00 $97.39 – $170.43
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,198.50 $97.39 – $492.88
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $368.00 $21.50 – $495.66

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