Blood draw capillary 36416 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

$2.55

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.

$17.00

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.

$0.44 with CIGNA HEALTHCARE vs $17.00 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
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $0.44 ↓ -83%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1.44 ↓ -44%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $2.89 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $2.89 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $3.01 ↑ +18%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $3.34 ↑ +31%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $3.34 ↑ +31%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $3.35 ↑ +31%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $3.38 ↑ +33%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $3.41 ↑ +34%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $3.68 ↑ +44%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $4.30 ↑ +69%
AETNA AETNA $7.26 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $8.09 ↑ +217%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $8.70 ↑ +241%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $8.70 ↑ +241%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $8.70 ↑ +241%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $15.30 ↑ +500%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $17.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $17.00 ↑ +567%

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Blood draw capillary 36416 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $12.50 $0.38 – $15.73
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $2.55 $0.44 – $3.41
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $2.55 $0.44 – $3.41
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $17.50 $4.55 – $4.55

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