Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital

500 Martha Jefferson Drive, Charlottesville, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1346248663

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$10,440.00

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.

$20,880.00

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.

$6,716.00 with Cigna vs $37,919.66 with Bcbs — 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
Cigna Ppo/Pos $6,716.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $7,300.00 ↓ -30%
Sentara Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,578.79 ↑ +1%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,682.51 ↑ +2%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,864.01 ↑ +4%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $10,889.94 ↑ +4%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $13,397.00 ↑ +28%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $32,795.83 ↑ +214%
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $35,264.49 ↑ +238%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $37,919.66 ↑ +263%

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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $11,527.00 $4,588.00 – $9,927.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $11,527.00 $4,588.00 – $9,927.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $11,527.00 $4,588.00 – $9,927.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $11,527.00 $4,588.00 – $9,927.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $11,527.00 $4,588.00 – $9,927.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $8,762.50 $3,988.00 – $10,889.94
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $10,659.50 $10,662.54 – $10,976.14
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $8,762.50 $5,220.00 – $10,889.94

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