Immunoassay tumor qual 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

$29.55

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.

$197.00

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.

$12.18 with BLUE CROSS vs $197.00 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 ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $12.18 ↓ -59%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $12.18 ↓ -59%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $12.20 ↓ -59%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $12.30 ↓ -58%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $12.42 ↓ -58%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $12.79 ↓ -57%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $13.90 ↓ -53%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $25.57 ↓ -13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $25.57 ↓ -13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $25.57 ↓ -13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $25.57 ↓ -13%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $25.57 ↓ -13%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $25.57 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $25.57 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $25.57 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $25.57 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $25.57 ↓ -13%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $25.57 ↓ -13%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $25.57 ↓ -13%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $25.57 ↓ -13%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $25.57 ↓ -13%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $25.57 ↓ -13%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $26.34 ↓ -11%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $26.34 ↓ -11%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $26.59 ↓ -10%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $26.59 ↓ -10%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $26.85 ↓ -9%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $26.85 ↓ -9%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $26.85 ↓ -9%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $26.85 ↓ -9%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $26.85 ↓ -9%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $27.10 ↓ -8%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $49.88 ↑ +69%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $55.74 ↑ +89%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $56.30 ↑ +91%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $61.37 ↑ +108%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $65.74 ↑ +122%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $78.92 ↑ +167%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $78.92 ↑ +167%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $78.92 ↑ +167%
AETNA AETNA $84.12 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $93.75 ↑ +217%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $177.30 ↑ +500%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $197.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $197.00 ↑ +567%

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Immunoassay tumor qual at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $140.50 $13.38 – $176.78
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $140.50 $13.38 – $176.78
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $140.50 $13.38 – $176.78
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $140.50 $13.38 – $176.78
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $140.50 $13.38 – $176.78
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $22.25 – $37.08
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $26.08 – $32.89
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $17.18 – $104.17

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