66/100
#769 nationally
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc
122 12Th Street, Princeton, WV 24740 · (304) 487-7000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc billed $3.66 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 74
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WV
- #8
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
250 | $39,624 | $14,390 | -39% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
198 | $55,398 | $11,294 | -11% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
126 | $28,575 | $9,487 | -34% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
105 | $35,514 | $11,740 | -35% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
97 | $23,923 | $9,236 | -49% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $2,821 | $606 | -10% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $11,978 | $2,373 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $25,181 | $5,004 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $16,610 | $1,802 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $12,385 | $1,414 | +23% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$96,350 | $9,502 | +42% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$140,669 | $35,712 | +38% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,610 | $1,802 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,385 | $1,414 | +23% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,047 | $1,633 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,634 | $2,719 | +13% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$160,346 | $24,341 | +12% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,601 | $2,402 | +5% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$19,550 | $10,515 | -66% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$18,228 | $8,591 | -62% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$108,437 | $48,966 | -60% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$16,766 | $7,087 | -56% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$20,234 | $6,344 | -54% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$25,506 | $9,867 | -53% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$24,153 | $9,044 | -53% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$27,824 | $11,828 | -51% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.