Drainage lymph node lesion 38300 at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital
500 Martha Jefferson Drive, Charlottesville, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1346248663
$1,393.00
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.
$2,786.00
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.
$1,010.00 with Cigna vs $10,361.95 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.
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 | Ppo/Pos | $1,010.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $2,004.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Sentara Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,890.77 | ↑ +108% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,919.11 | ↑ +110% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,968.71 | ↑ +113% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $2,975.79 | ↑ +114% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $3,276.00 | ↑ +135% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Exchange | $8,961.81 | ↑ +543% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Hmo | $9,636.40 | ↑ +592% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Ppo | $10,361.95 | ↑ +644% |
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Drainage lymph node lesion 38300 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $900.45 | $40.81 – $6,178.31 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $900.45 | $112.41 – $6,178.31 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $1,615.00 | $2,464.00 – $2,968.71 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $900.45 | $112.41 – $6,178.31 |
| Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | South Boston | $2,111.00 | $2,913.65 – $2,999.35 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | $1,615.00 | $2,890.77 – $3,408.00 |
| Sentara RMH Medical Center | Harrisonburg | $1,393.00 | $2,890.77 – $2,975.79 |
| Sentara CarePlex Hospital | Hampton | $1,615.00 | $2,890.77 – $2,975.79 |