Release palm contracture 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

$8,755.00

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.

$17,510.00

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.

$3,345.06 with anthem va medicare advantage vs $19,483.64 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
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $3,345.06 ↓ -62%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3,345.06 ↓ -62%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3,345.06 ↓ -62%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $3,345.06 ↓ -62%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $3,478.86 ↓ -60%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,512.31 ↓ -60%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,512.31 ↓ -60%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,512.31 ↓ -60%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,545.76 ↓ -60%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,545.76 ↓ -60%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,646.12 ↓ -58%
the health plan wv peia $3,746.47 ↓ -57%
occunet occunet $4,515.83 ↓ -48%
coventry health care worker's compensation $5,285.19 ↓ -40%
alliance coal alliance coal $5,853.86 ↓ -33%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $19,483.64 ↑ +123%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $19,483.64 ↑ +123%

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Release palm contracture at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $17,995.00 $205.80 – $13,342.64
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $7,728.00 $3,149.05 – $5,510.84
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $3,799.50 $205.80 – $5,902.86
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $3,938.50 $205.80 – $5,465.79
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $24,887.00 $205.80 – $15,806.76

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