Urine Culture Test at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital
500 Martha Jefferson Drive, Charlottesville, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1346248663
$41.00
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.
$82.00
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.
$8.23 with Sentara Health Plan vs $22.19 with Aetna — 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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| Sentara Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8.23 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8.31 | ↓ -80% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8.45 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $8.47 | ↓ -79% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $13.54 | ↓ -67% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Exchange | $15.25 | ↓ -63% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Hmo | $16.38 | ↓ -60% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Ppo | $17.59 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | All Commercial Plans | $22.19 | ↓ -46% |
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Urine Culture Test at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $418.00 | $7.02 – $11.70 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $77.00 | $8.07 – $96.88 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $77.00 | $8.07 – $96.88 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $77.00 | $8.07 – $96.88 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $77.00 | $8.07 – $96.88 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $77.00 | $8.07 – $96.88 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $13.95 | $4.04 – $17.59 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $13.95 | $8.07 – $17.59 |