#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at Lonesome Pine Hospital
1990 HOLTON AVE., BIG STONE GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1326041716
$9.45
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.
$63.00
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.
$3.66 with AMERIGROUP vs $63.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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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| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $3.66 | ↓ -61% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $4.01 | ↓ -58% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $7.31 | ↓ -23% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $7.53 | ↓ -20% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $7.53 | ↓ -20% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $7.60 | ↓ -20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $7.60 | ↓ -20% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $7.68 | ↓ -19% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $7.68 | ↓ -19% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $7.68 | ↓ -19% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $7.68 | ↓ -19% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $7.68 | ↓ -19% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $7.75 | ↓ -18% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $10.67 | ↑ +13% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $10.67 | ↑ +13% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $10.68 | ↑ +13% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $10.77 | ↑ +14% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $10.88 | ↑ +15% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $15.69 | ↑ +66% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $15.88 | ↑ +68% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $15.94 | ↑ +69% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $15.95 | ↑ +69% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $17.54 | ↑ +86% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $22.77 | ↑ +141% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $22.77 | ↑ +141% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $22.77 | ↑ +141% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $26.90 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $29.98 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $56.70 | ↑ +500% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $63.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $63.00 | ↑ +567% |
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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $72.50 | $7.31 – $91.22 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $72.50 | $7.31 – $91.22 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $72.50 | $7.31 – $91.22 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $72.50 | $7.31 – $91.22 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $72.50 | $7.31 – $91.22 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $9.45 | $1.42 – $15.94 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $9.45 | $7.21 – $15.94 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $199.00 | $6.36 – $7.82 |