Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery 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

$905.25

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.

$6,035.00

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.

$375.46 with BLUE CROSS vs $6,035.00 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
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $375.46 ↓ -59%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $692.04 ↓ -24%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $1,528.06 ↑ +69%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $1,783.92 ↑ +97%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $1,783.92 ↑ +97%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $1,785.65 ↑ +97%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $1,801.24 ↑ +99%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $1,818.56 ↑ +101%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $1,852.75 ↑ +105%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $1,905.24 ↑ +110%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $1,905.24 ↑ +110%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $1,905.24 ↑ +110%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $1,905.24 ↑ +110%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $1,905.24 ↑ +110%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $1,905.24 ↑ +110%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $1,905.24 ↑ +110%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $1,905.24 ↑ +110%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $1,949.31 ↑ +115%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1,949.31 ↑ +115%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $1,962.40 ↑ +117%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $1,962.40 ↑ +117%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $1,981.45 ↑ +119%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $2,000.51 ↑ +121%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $2,000.51 ↑ +121%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $2,000.51 ↑ +121%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $2,000.51 ↑ +121%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $2,000.51 ↑ +121%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $2,019.56 ↑ +123%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $2,516.60 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $2,516.60 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $2,516.60 ↑ +178%
AETNA AETNA $2,576.95 ↑ +185%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $2,800.24 ↑ +209%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $2,872.06 ↑ +217%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $4,153.43 ↑ +359%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $4,572.59 ↑ +405%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $5,431.50 ↑ +500%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $6,035.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $6,035.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $6,035.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $6,035.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $6,035.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $6,035.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $6,035.00 ↑ +567%

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Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Southampton Medical Center Franklin $9,855.21 $2,040.52 – $2,081.33
Maryview Hospital Portsmouth $10,430.82 $1,905.24 – $1,943.35
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News $9,738.80 $1,905.24 – $1,943.35
St Francis Medical Center Midlothian $28,828.35 $1,905.24 – $1,905.24
Memorial Regional Hospital Mechanicsville $13,842.40 $1,959.11 – $1,998.29
Southside Regional Medical Center Petersburg $28,743.17 $1,905.24 – $1,943.35
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $1,952.77 – $3,529.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $1,952.77 – $3,529.00

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