Special radiation treatment at Lonesome Pine Hospital
1990 HOLTON AVE., BIG STONE GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1326041716
$560.40
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.
$3,736.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$67.15 with CIGNA HEALTHCARE vs $3,736.00 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.
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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| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $67.15 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $197.25 | ↓ -65% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $539.11 | ↓ -4% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $539.11 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $539.11 | ↓ -4% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $539.11 | ↓ -4% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $539.11 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $539.11 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $539.11 | ↓ -4% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $539.11 | ↓ -4% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $555.28 | ↓ -1% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $555.28 | ↓ -1% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $560.67 | ↑ +0% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $566.06 | ↑ +1% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $566.06 | ↑ +1% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $566.06 | ↑ +1% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $566.06 | ↑ +1% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $566.06 | ↑ +1% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $571.45 | ↑ +2% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $623.01 | ↑ +11% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $623.01 | ↑ +11% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $623.61 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $629.06 | ↑ +12% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $629.38 | ↑ +12% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $635.10 | ↑ +13% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $945.96 | ↑ +69% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,175.25 | ↑ +110% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,293.86 | ↑ +131% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,350.00 | ↑ +141% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,411.00 | ↑ +152% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,493.09 | ↑ +166% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,493.09 | ↑ +166% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,493.09 | ↑ +166% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,595.27 | ↑ +185% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,777.22 | ↑ +217% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,777.96 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $2,061.28 | ↑ +268% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $2,194.05 | ↑ +292% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $2,194.05 | ↑ +292% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,224.00 | ↑ +297% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $2,423.58 | ↑ +332% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $3,362.40 | ↑ +500% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $3,736.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $3,736.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Special radiation treatment at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $2,538.50 | $578.47 – $3,345.74 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $2,538.50 | $578.47 – $3,345.74 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $2,538.50 | $578.47 – $3,345.74 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $2,538.50 | $578.47 – $3,345.74 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $2,538.50 | $578.47 – $3,345.74 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $560.40 | $67.15 – $1,175.25 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $560.40 | $67.15 – $1,175.25 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $1,894.50 | $549.89 – $566.06 |