Tympanic membrane repair at Princeton Community Hospital
122 12th St, Princeton, WV · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1558313213
$4,010.50
Cash price 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.
$8,021.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,586.23 with anthem va medicare advantage vs $9,239.16 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| anthem va medicare advantage | hmo | $1,586.23 | ↓ -60% |
| peak health medicare advantage | all plans | $1,586.23 | ↓ -60% |
| united mine workers of america medicare advantage | united mine workers of america medicare advantage | $1,586.23 | ↓ -60% |
| optima va medicare advantage | all plans | $1,586.23 | ↓ -60% |
| highmark wv medicare advantage | all plans | $1,649.68 | ↓ -59% |
| aetna medicare advantage | all plans | $1,665.54 | ↓ -58% |
| humana medicare advantage | all plans | $1,665.54 | ↓ -58% |
| pa health & wellness medicare advantage | all plan | $1,665.54 | ↓ -58% |
| wv senior advantage | isnp | $1,681.40 | ↓ -58% |
| the health plan wv medicare advantage | all plans | $1,681.40 | ↓ -58% |
| unitedhealthcare medicare advantage | all plans | $1,728.99 | ↓ -57% |
| the health plan wv | peia | $1,776.58 | ↓ -56% |
| occunet | occunet | $2,141.41 | ↓ -47% |
| coventry health care | worker's compensation | $2,506.24 | ↓ -38% |
| alliance coal | alliance coal | $2,775.90 | ↓ -31% |
| blue cross blue shield traditional | blue cross blue shield traditional | $9,239.16 | ↑ +130% |
| blue cross blue shield ppo | blue cross blue shield ppo | $9,239.16 | ↑ +130% |
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Tympanic membrane repair at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $4,666.50 | $87.15 – $6,327.13 |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital | Glen Dale | $2,623.50 | $87.15 – $2,591.89 |
| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $1,783.50 | $88.81 – $2,613.26 |
| United Hospital Center | Bridgeport | $1,783.50 | $205.80 – $2,799.14 |
| Wetzel County Hospital | New Martinsville | $1,822.00 | $91.30 – $2,775.90 |
| Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | $1,783.50 | $205.80 – $2,591.89 |
| Thomas Hospitals | South Charleston | $3,799.00 | $205.80 – $7,495.60 |
| Beckley ARH Hospital | Beckley | $1,320.00 | $215.92 – $1,277.31 |