Application of paste boot 29580 at Dickenson Community Hospital
312 HOSPITAL DR., CLINTWOOD, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1285685727
$59.34
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.
$258.00
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.
$42.74 with BLUE CROSS vs $373.95 with MOLINA HEALTHCARE — 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 | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $42.74 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $46.00 | ↓ -22% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $63.90 | ↑ +8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $63.90 | ↑ +8% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $63.90 | ↑ +8% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $63.90 | ↑ +8% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $63.90 | ↑ +8% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $63.90 | ↑ +8% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $63.90 | ↑ +8% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $63.90 | ↑ +8% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $64.92 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $65.82 | ↑ +11% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $66.46 | ↑ +12% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $67.10 | ↑ +13% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $67.10 | ↑ +13% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $67.10 | ↑ +13% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $74.55 | ↑ +26% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $78.58 | ↑ +32% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $78.81 | ↑ +33% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $82.86 | ↑ +40% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $82.86 | ↑ +40% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $98.83 | ↑ +67% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $100.88 | ↑ +70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $102.88 | ↑ +73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $121.00 | ↑ +104% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $121.00 | ↑ +104% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $170.40 | ↑ +187% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $213.00 | ↑ +259% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $213.00 | ↑ +259% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $213.00 | ↑ +259% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $213.00 | ↑ +259% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $213.00 | ↑ +259% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $213.00 | ↑ +259% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $359.57 | ↑ +506% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $373.95 | ↑ +530% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $373.95 | ↑ +530% |
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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $60.30 | $42.74 – $345.64 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $60.30 | $42.74 – $345.64 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $559.00 | $161.72 – $2,845.00 |