Dextran 40 infusion at Lonesome Pine Hospital
1990 HOLTON AVE., BIG STONE GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1326041716
$18.06
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.
$120.42
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.
$29.98 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $118.41 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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| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $29.98 | ↑ +66% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $49.38 | ↑ +173% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $49.38 | ↑ +173% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $49.38 | ↑ +173% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $50.56 | ↑ +180% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $56.35 | ↑ +212% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $100.25 | ↑ +455% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $106.57 | ↑ +490% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $118.41 | ↑ +556% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $118.41 | ↑ +556% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $118.41 | ↑ +556% |
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Dextran 40 infusion at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $18.06 | $100.25 – $118.41 |
| CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus | CHESTERFIELD | $1,456.00 | $45.99 – $1,009.62 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $17.76 | $100.25 – $118.41 |
| LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER | ROANOKE | $801.00 | $1,142.97 – $1,142.97 |
| TRICITIES HOSPITAL | HOPEWELL | $1,456.00 | $45.99 – $1,009.62 |
| Lee County Community Hospital | PENNINGTON GAP | $27.23 | $100.25 – $118.41 |
| Maryview Hospital | Portsmouth | $426.93 | not published |
| St Mary's Hospital | Richmond | $594.51 | not published |