Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at Dickenson Community Hospital
312 HOSPITAL DR., CLINTWOOD, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1285685727
$28.98
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.
$126.00
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.
$16.77 with BLUE CROSS vs $126.00 with SEVEN CORNERS, INC. — 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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| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $18.12 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $18.12 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $18.66 | ↓ -36% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $18.84 | ↓ -35% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $18.84 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $21.38 | ↓ -26% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $30.36 | ↑ +5% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $36.81 | ↑ +27% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $37.80 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $37.80 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $37.80 | ↑ +30% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $37.80 | ↑ +30% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $37.80 | ↑ +30% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $37.80 | ↑ +30% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $37.80 | ↑ +30% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $37.80 | ↑ +30% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $38.40 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $38.93 | ↑ +34% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $39.31 | ↑ +36% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $39.69 | ↑ +37% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $39.69 | ↑ +37% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $39.69 | ↑ +37% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $44.10 | ↑ +52% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $46.48 | ↑ +60% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $46.62 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $66.33 | ↑ +129% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $66.33 | ↑ +129% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $66.33 | ↑ +129% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $100.80 | ↑ +248% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $126.00 | ↑ +335% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $168.00 | $14.35 – $211.38 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $168.00 | $14.35 – $211.38 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $168.00 | $14.35 – $211.38 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $168.00 | $14.35 – $211.38 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $168.00 | $14.35 – $211.38 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $29.40 | $8.39 – $36.56 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $29.40 | $12.68 – $36.56 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $77.00 | $17.11 – $28.13 |