App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm 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

$272.10

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.

$1,814.00

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.

$459.30 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $4,388.58 with AMBETTER — 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
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $459.30 ↑ +69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $556.90 ↑ +105%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $585.92 ↑ +115%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $585.92 ↑ +115%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $703.71 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $756.44 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $756.44 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $756.44 ↑ +178%
AETNA AETNA $774.58 ↑ +185%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $841.70 ↑ +209%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $863.28 ↑ +217%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $1,269.80 ↑ +367%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $1,632.60 ↑ +500%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $1,814.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $2,093.64 ↑ +669%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $2,133.90 ↑ +684%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $2,538.46 ↑ +833%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $2,540.92 ↑ +834%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $2,563.10 ↑ +842%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $2,587.75 ↑ +851%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $4,388.58 ↑ +1513%

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App high cost ss f/n/g/h/f >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $4,645.50 $1,829.23 – $3,529.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $4,645.50 $1,829.23 – $3,529.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $4,645.50 $1,829.23 – $3,529.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $4,645.50 $1,829.23 – $3,529.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $4,645.50 $1,829.23 – $3,529.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $272.10 $674.81 – $4,388.58
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $272.10 $674.81 – $4,388.58
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $3,210.00 $1,010.00 – $3,276.00

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