Reposition vad w/image rt/lt sep session 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

$693.60

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.

$4,624.00

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.

$557.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $9,628.65 with MOLINA HEALTHCARE — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $557.00 ↓ -20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $1,055.00 ↑ +52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $1,103.00 ↑ +59%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $1,170.80 ↑ +69%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $1,523.00 ↑ +120%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1,861.00 ↑ +168%
AETNA AETNA $1,974.45 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $2,200.56 ↑ +217%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $3,204.00 ↑ +362%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $4,076.00 ↑ +488%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $4,161.60 ↑ +500%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $4,239.00 ↑ +511%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $4,239.00 ↑ +511%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $4,624.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $4,624.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $4,624.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $9,445.24 ↑ +1262%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $9,454.41 ↑ +1263%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $9,536.94 ↑ +1275%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $9,628.65 ↑ +1288%

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Reposition vad w/image rt/lt sep session at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $609.00 $556.63 – $10,791.93
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $609.00 $556.63 – $10,791.93
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $609.00 $556.63 – $10,791.93
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $609.00 $556.63 – $10,791.93
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $609.00 $556.63 – $10,791.93
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $693.60 $9,170.14 – $9,628.65
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $693.60 $4,624.00 – $9,628.75
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $693.60 $4,624.00 – $9,536.95

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