Antiepileptics nos 7/more 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

$11.10

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.

$74.00

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.

$14.97 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $74.00 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.

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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 UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $14.97 ↑ +35%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $14.97 ↑ +35%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $14.98 ↑ +35%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $15.11 ↑ +36%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $15.26 ↑ +37%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $18.74 ↑ +69%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $30.86 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $30.86 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $30.86 ↑ +178%
AETNA AETNA $31.60 ↑ +185%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $31.67 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $35.22 ↑ +217%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $51.80 ↑ +367%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $66.60 ↑ +500%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $74.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $74.00 ↑ +567%

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Antiepileptics nos 7/more at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $11.10 $14.53 – $15.26
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $11.10 $14.53 – $15.26
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $11.10 $14.53 – $15.11
Dickenson Community Hospital CLINTWOOD $10.81 $20.77 – $21.60
Lee County Community Hospital PENNINGTON GAP $10.81 $20.77 – $21.60
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $0.03 – $24.19
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $12.10 – $63.17
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston not published $24.19 – $24.19

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →