Treatment of ankle fracture 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

$15,280.50

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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.

$30,561.00

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.

$7,418.24 with anthem va medicare advantage vs $43,208.28 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 $7,418.24 ↓ -51%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $7,418.24 ↓ -51%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $7,418.24 ↓ -51%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $7,418.24 ↓ -51%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $7,714.97 ↓ -50%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $7,789.15 ↓ -49%
humana medicare advantage all plans $7,789.15 ↓ -49%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $7,789.15 ↓ -49%
wv senior advantage isnp $7,863.33 ↓ -49%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $7,863.33 ↓ -49%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $8,085.88 ↓ -47%
the health plan wv peia $8,308.43 ↓ -46%
occunet occunet $10,014.62 ↓ -34%
coventry health care worker's compensation $11,720.82 ↓ -23%
alliance coal alliance coal $12,981.92 ↓ -15%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $43,208.28 ↑ +183%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $43,208.28 ↑ +183%

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Treatment of ankle fracture at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $13,273.00 $99.50 – $29,589.62
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg $1,659.20 not published
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale $6,954.67 $4,502.20 – $12,121.30
Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville $1,075.00 not published
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $13,339.50 $6,983.56 – $12,221.23
Braxton County Memorial Hospital Gassaway $1,037.00 not published
Jackson General Hospital Ripley $10,891.50 not published
Potomac Valley Hospital Keyser $1,037.00 not published

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