Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at Lonesome Pine Hospital
1990 HOLTON AVE., BIG STONE GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1326041716
$128.17
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.
$854.44
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.
$4.00 with BLUE CROSS vs $288.56 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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| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $4.00 | ↓ -97% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $12.25 | ↓ -90% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $73.06 | ↓ -43% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $120.33 | ↓ -6% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $120.33 | ↓ -6% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $120.33 | ↓ -6% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $123.22 | ↓ -4% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $137.33 | ↑ +7% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $259.70 | ↑ +103% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $288.56 | ↑ +125% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $288.56 | ↑ +125% |
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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $440.00 | $5.82 – $18.31 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $15.79 | $9.71 – $16.86 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $15.79 | $9.71 – $16.86 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $15.79 | $9.71 – $16.86 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $15.79 | $9.71 – $16.86 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $15.79 | $9.71 – $16.86 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $128.17 | $4.00 – $12.25 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $91.46 | $4.00 – $12.25 |