Special teletx port plan 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

$220.00

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.

$440.00

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.

$31.50 with molina managed medicaid vs $2,229.66 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 $31.50 ↓ -86%
aetna better health pa chip $34.65 ↓ -84%
highmark health options chip $37.32 ↓ -83%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $37.32 ↓ -83%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $37.32 ↓ -83%
wellpoint wv chip $37.32 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $37.85 ↓ -83%
aetna better health wv chip $38.03 ↓ -83%
aetna better health wv mgd medicaid $38.03 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv chip $38.03 ↓ -83%
aetna better health va mgd medicaid $39.09 ↓ -82%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $39.09 ↓ -82%
anthem va medicare advantage hmo $382.80 ↑ +74%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $382.80 ↑ +74%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $382.80 ↑ +74%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $382.80 ↑ +74%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $398.11 ↑ +81%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $401.94 ↑ +83%
humana medicare advantage all plans $401.94 ↑ +83%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $401.94 ↑ +83%
wv senior advantage isnp $405.77 ↑ +84%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $405.77 ↑ +84%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $417.25 ↑ +90%
the health plan wv peia $428.74 ↑ +95%
occunet occunet $516.78 ↑ +135%
coventry health care worker's compensation $604.82 ↑ +175%
alliance coal alliance coal $669.90 ↑ +205%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $2,229.66 ↑ +913%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $2,229.66 ↑ +913%

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Special teletx port plan at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $745.00 $33.08 – $955.09
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $175.50 $33.71 – $630.65
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $978.50 $37.32 – $675.50
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,319.50 $37.32 – $625.47
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $742.00 $37.32 – $1,808.82

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