Aqmbf pet rest & rx stress 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

$1,187.10

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.

$7,914.00

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.

$1,828.43 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $7,914.00 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 $1,828.43 ↑ +54%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $1,828.43 ↑ +54%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $1,830.20 ↑ +54%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $1,846.18 ↑ +56%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $1,863.93 ↑ +57%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $2,003.82 ↑ +69%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $3,300.14 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $3,300.14 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $3,300.14 ↑ +178%
AETNA AETNA $3,379.28 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $3,766.27 ↑ +217%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $3,957.00 ↑ +233%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $4,136.00 ↑ +248%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $5,539.80 ↑ +367%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $6,522.00 ↑ +449%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $7,122.60 ↑ +500%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $7,914.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $7,914.00 ↑ +567%

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Aqmbf pet rest & rx stress at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $148.87 – $148.87
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $1,091.35 – $1,091.35
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $88.66 – $88.66
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $121.81 – $121.81
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $100.65 – $100.65
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $131.69 – $131.69
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL not published $79.61 – $79.61
RESTON HOSPITAL CENTER VIENNA not published $109.85 – $1,401.60

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