Candida skin test 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

$27.15

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.

$181.00

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.

$2.85 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $181.00 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 TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $2.85 ↓ -90%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $12.18 ↓ -55%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $12.18 ↓ -55%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $12.20 ↓ -55%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $12.30 ↓ -55%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $12.42 ↓ -54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $20.06 ↓ -26%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $22.99 ↓ -15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $22.99 ↓ -15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $23.91 ↓ -12%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $28.22 ↑ +4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $28.22 ↑ +4%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $28.22 ↑ +4%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $28.22 ↑ +4%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $28.22 ↑ +4%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $28.22 ↑ +4%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $28.22 ↑ +4%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $28.22 ↑ +4%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $29.07 ↑ +7%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $29.07 ↑ +7%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $29.35 ↑ +8%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $29.63 ↑ +9%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $29.63 ↑ +9%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $29.63 ↑ +9%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $29.63 ↑ +9%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $29.63 ↑ +9%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $29.91 ↑ +10%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $37.71 ↑ +39%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $37.71 ↑ +39%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $37.71 ↑ +39%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $41.14 ↑ +52%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $45.83 ↑ +69%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $61.52 ↑ +127%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $67.73 ↑ +149%
AETNA AETNA $77.29 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $86.14 ↑ +217%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $93.02 ↑ +243%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $107.88 ↑ +297%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $114.83 ↑ +323%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $114.83 ↑ +323%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $126.85 ↑ +367%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $162.90 ↑ +500%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $181.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $181.00 ↑ +567%

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Candida skin test at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $24.67 – $139.26
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $7.74 – $29.63
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $3.31 – $75.03
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $2.44 – $110.30
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $24.67 – $104.95
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston not published $6.74 – $29.79
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $24.67 – $105.83
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $24.67 – $138.50

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