CT bone density axial at Lonesome Pine Hospital
1990 HOLTON AVE., BIG STONE GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1326041716
$518.25
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,455.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$35.74 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $3,455.00 with BLUE CROSS — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $35.74 | ↓ -93% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $84.91 | ↓ -84% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $84.91 | ↓ -84% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $84.91 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $84.91 | ↓ -84% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $84.91 | ↓ -84% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $84.91 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $84.91 | ↓ -84% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $84.91 | ↓ -84% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $87.46 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $87.46 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $88.31 | ↓ -83% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $89.15 | ↓ -83% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $89.15 | ↓ -83% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $89.15 | ↓ -83% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $89.15 | ↓ -83% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $89.15 | ↓ -83% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $90.00 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $98.89 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $98.89 | ↓ -81% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $98.99 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $99.85 | ↓ -81% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $100.81 | ↓ -81% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $114.95 | ↓ -78% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $185.10 | ↓ -64% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $203.78 | ↓ -61% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $279.91 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $324.65 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $345.56 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $345.56 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $381.72 | ↓ -26% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $427.00 | ↓ -18% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $618.00 | ↑ +19% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $642.00 | ↑ +24% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $642.00 | ↑ +24% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $874.81 | ↑ +69% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,475.29 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,644.23 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,835.00 | ↑ +254% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,919.00 | ↑ +270% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3,026.00 | ↑ +484% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $3,109.50 | ↑ +500% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $3,455.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $3,455.00 | ↑ +567% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
CT bone density axial at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $302.00 | $86.61 – $218.03 |
| Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | South Boston | $507.00 | $87.29 – $89.86 |
| SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Fredericksburg | $2,864.16 | $29.28 – $182.03 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | not published | $58.76 – $182.03 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | not published | $86.61 – $89.15 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | not published | $35.00 – $182.03 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | not published | $48.08 – $182.03 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI | PULASKI | not published | $39.73 – $182.03 |