Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at Lonesome Pine Hospital
1990 HOLTON AVE., BIG STONE GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1326041716
$706.80
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.
$4,712.00
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.
$106.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $3,141.00 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $106.00 | ↓ -85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $471.00 | ↓ -33% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $491.00 | ↓ -31% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $612.05 | ↓ -13% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $612.05 | ↓ -13% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $612.05 | ↓ -13% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $612.05 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $612.05 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $612.05 | ↓ -13% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $612.05 | ↓ -13% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $612.05 | ↓ -13% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $630.41 | ↓ -11% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $630.41 | ↓ -11% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $636.53 | ↓ -10% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $642.65 | ↓ -9% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $642.65 | ↓ -9% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $642.65 | ↓ -9% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $642.65 | ↓ -9% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $642.65 | ↓ -9% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $648.77 | ↓ -8% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $795.30 | ↑ +13% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $847.00 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,323.49 | ↑ +87% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,323.49 | ↑ +87% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,324.77 | ↑ +87% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,334.27 | ↑ +89% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,336.34 | ↑ +89% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,341.21 | ↑ +90% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,349.19 | ↑ +91% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,468.92 | ↑ +108% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,494.80 | ↑ +111% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $2,017.71 | ↑ +185% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $2,198.70 | ↑ +211% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $2,340.21 | ↑ +231% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $2,490.94 | ↑ +252% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $2,490.94 | ↑ +252% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $2,751.53 | ↑ +289% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,826.90 | ↑ +300% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $3,141.00 | ↑ +344% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $3,141.00 | ↑ +344% |
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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $1,668.00 | $618.26 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,668.00 | $618.26 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,668.00 | $618.26 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,668.00 | $618.26 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,668.00 | $618.26 – $2,485.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $706.80 | $612.05 – $1,334.27 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $706.80 | $612.05 – $1,334.27 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $1,213.00 | $624.29 – $1,547.00 |