Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos 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

$683.50

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.

$1,367.00

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.

$701.64 with anthem va medicare advantage vs $4,086.77 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 $701.64 ↑ +3%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $701.64 ↑ +3%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $701.64 ↑ +3%
optima va medicare advantage all plans $701.64 ↑ +3%
highmark wv medicare advantage all plans $729.71 ↑ +7%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $736.72 ↑ +8%
humana medicare advantage all plans $736.72 ↑ +8%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $736.72 ↑ +8%
wv senior advantage isnp $743.74 ↑ +9%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $743.74 ↑ +9%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $764.79 ↑ +12%
the health plan wv peia $785.84 ↑ +15%
occunet occunet $947.21 ↑ +39%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,108.59 ↑ +62%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,227.87 ↑ +80%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $4,086.77 ↑ +498%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $4,086.77 ↑ +498%

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Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos at other West-virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown $1,556.00 $429.40 – $2,798.67
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg $958.50 $660.53 – $1,155.93
United Hospital Center Bridgeport $1,566.00 $707.51 – $1,238.14
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg $1,566.00 $655.12 – $1,146.46
Thomas Hospitals South Charleston $1,020.50 $655.12 – $3,315.50
Weirton Medical Center Weirton $1,624.50 $655.12 – $3,334.17
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley $1,500.00 $603.37 – $3,016.43

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