Buprenorphine and metabolite - sendout at Lonesome Pine Hospital
1990 HOLTON AVE., BIG STONE GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1326041716
$27.00
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.
$180.00
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.
$14.97 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $180.00 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 | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $14.97 | ↓ -45% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $14.97 | ↓ -45% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $14.98 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $15.11 | ↓ -44% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $15.26 | ↓ -43% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $45.58 | ↑ +69% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $75.06 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $75.06 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $75.06 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $76.86 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $77.04 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $85.66 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $126.00 | ↑ +367% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $162.00 | ↑ +500% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $180.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $180.00 | ↑ +567% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Buprenorphine and metabolite - sendout at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $27.00 | $14.53 – $15.26 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $27.00 | $14.53 – $15.26 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $27.00 | $14.53 – $15.11 |
| Dickenson Community Hospital | CLINTWOOD | $26.22 | $20.77 – $21.60 |
| Lee County Community Hospital | PENNINGTON GAP | $26.22 | $20.77 – $21.60 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | not published | $0.03 – $0.03 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | not published | $9.72 – $9.72 |
| Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | South Boston | not published | $19.44 – $19.44 |