Change cystostomy tube simple 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

$286.65

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.

$1,911.00

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.

$50.95 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,911.00 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 $50.95 ↓ -82%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $106.00 ↓ -63%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $109.87 ↓ -62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $109.87 ↓ -62%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $109.98 ↓ -62%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $110.94 ↓ -61%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $112.00 ↓ -61%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $243.77 ↓ -15%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $243.77 ↓ -15%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $243.77 ↓ -15%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $243.77 ↓ -15%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $243.77 ↓ -15%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $243.77 ↓ -15%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $243.77 ↓ -15%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $243.77 ↓ -15%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $251.09 ↓ -12%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $251.09 ↓ -12%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $253.52 ↓ -12%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $255.96 ↓ -11%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $255.96 ↓ -11%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $255.96 ↓ -11%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $255.96 ↓ -11%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $255.96 ↓ -11%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $258.40 ↓ -10%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $471.00 ↑ +64%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $483.87 ↑ +69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $491.00 ↑ +71%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $531.43 ↑ +85%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $585.06 ↑ +104%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $803.62 ↑ +180%
AETNA AETNA $816.00 ↑ +185%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $847.00 ↑ +195%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $909.44 ↑ +217%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $932.07 ↑ +225%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $992.10 ↑ +246%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $992.10 ↑ +246%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $1,095.89 ↑ +282%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $1,719.90 ↑ +500%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $1,911.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $1,911.00 ↑ +567%

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Change cystostomy tube simple at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $558.00 $120.71 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $558.00 $120.71 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $558.00 $120.71 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $558.00 $120.71 – $1,509.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $558.00 $120.71 – $1,509.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $286.65 $50.95 – $531.43
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $286.65 $50.95 – $531.43
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $472.50 $248.65 – $1,010.00

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