Ambl bp mntr w/software at Lonesome Pine Hospital

1990 HOLTON AVE., BIG STONE GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1326041716

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$57.15

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.

$381.00

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.

$29.45 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $381.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $29.45 ↓ -48%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $46.88 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $46.88 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $46.88 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $46.88 ↓ -18%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $46.88 ↓ -18%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $76.91 ↑ +35%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $76.91 ↑ +35%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $76.98 ↑ +35%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $77.66 ↑ +36%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $78.40 ↑ +37%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $96.47 ↑ +69%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $122.71 ↑ +115%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $158.88 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $158.88 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $158.88 ↑ +178%
AETNA AETNA $162.69 ↑ +185%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $176.78 ↑ +209%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $181.32 ↑ +217%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $342.90 ↑ +500%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $381.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $381.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $381.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $381.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $381.00 ↑ +567%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $31.74 – $36.22
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $31.74 – $37.34
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LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $31.74 – $36.22
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $31.74 – $37.34
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $42.49 – $273.24
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg not published $36.22 – $37.34

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