Reticulocyte automated 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

$22.36

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.

$44.72

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.

$3.77 with highmark health options west va vs $23.24 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 $3.77 ↓ -83%
wellpoint wv chip $3.77 ↓ -83%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $3.77 ↓ -83%
highmark health options chip $3.77 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $3.82 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv chip $3.84 ↓ -83%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $3.84 ↓ -83%
aetna better health wv chip $3.84 ↓ -83%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $3.95 ↓ -82%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $3.95 ↓ -82%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3.99 ↓ -82%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3.99 ↓ -82%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $3.99 ↓ -82%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $3.99 ↓ -82%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $4.15 ↓ -81%
humana medicare advantage all plans $4.19 ↓ -81%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $4.19 ↓ -81%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $4.19 ↓ -81%
wv senior advantage isnp $4.23 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $4.23 ↓ -81%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $4.35 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv peia $4.47 ↓ -80%
molina managed medicaid molina managed medicaid $4.50 ↓ -80%
aetna better health pa chip $4.95 ↓ -78%
alliance coal alliance coal $4.99 ↓ -78%
occunet occunet $5.39 ↓ -76%
coventry health care worker's compensation $6.30 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $23.24 ↑ +4%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $23.24 ↑ +4%

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Reticulocyte automated at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $28.00 $2.59 – $16.90
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $57.00 $2.59 – $6.30
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $37.50 $3.77 – $6.30
Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville $53.50 $3.77 – $6.30
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $37.50 $3.77 – $6.30
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $24.00 $3.77 – $20.19
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $22.00 $3.77 – $20.31
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $37.80 $3.59 – $19.95

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