X-ray sinuses paranasal complete > 3 views 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

$382.50

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.

$765.00

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.

$86.61 with Sentara Health Plan vs $310.44 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
Sentara Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $86.61 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $87.46 ↓ -77%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $88.94 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Managed Care Plan $89.15 ↓ -77%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $268.50 ↓ -30%
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $288.71 ↓ -25%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $310.44 ↓ -19%

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X-ray sinuses paranasal complete > 3 views at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $1,327.00 $53.63 – $182.03
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $211.00 $80.04 – $278.10
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $211.00 $80.04 – $278.10
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $211.00 $80.04 – $278.10
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $211.00 $80.04 – $278.10
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $211.00 $80.04 – $278.10
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $69.30 $25.93 – $185.10
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $69.30 $40.32 – $185.10

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