Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at Dickenson Community Hospital

312 HOSPITAL DR., CLINTWOOD, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1285685727

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$2,113.70

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.

$9,190.00

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.

$1,824.88 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $9,190.00 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.

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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $1,824.88 ↓ -14%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $1,824.88 ↓ -14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $1,824.88 ↓ -14%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $1,824.88 ↓ -14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1,824.88 ↓ -14%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $1,824.88 ↓ -14%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $2,237.27 ↑ +6%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $2,757.00 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $2,757.00 ↑ +30%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $2,757.00 ↑ +30%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $2,757.00 ↑ +30%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $2,757.00 ↑ +30%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $2,757.00 ↑ +30%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $2,757.00 ↑ +30%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $2,757.00 ↑ +30%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $2,801.11 ↑ +33%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $2,839.71 ↑ +34%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $2,867.28 ↑ +36%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $2,894.85 ↑ +37%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $2,894.85 ↑ +37%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $2,894.85 ↑ +37%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $3,216.50 ↑ +52%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $3,390.19 ↑ +60%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $3,400.30 ↑ +61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $3,518.37 ↑ +66%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $3,518.37 ↑ +66%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $3,574.91 ↑ +69%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $3,574.91 ↑ +69%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $3,623.93 ↑ +71%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $3,659.10 ↑ +73%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $3,659.11 ↑ +73%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $4,022.48 ↑ +90%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $4,438.77 ↑ +110%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $6,433.00 ↑ +204%
AETNA AETNA $7,352.00 ↑ +248%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $9,190.00 ↑ +335%

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $3,557.00 $1,588.06 – $2,646.08
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $7,973.00 $1,824.88 – $11,260.95
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $7,973.00 $1,824.88 – $11,260.95
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $7,973.00 $1,824.88 – $11,260.95
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $7,973.00 $1,824.88 – $11,260.95
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $7,973.00 $1,824.88 – $11,260.95
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $2,153.70 $912.44 – $3,978.24
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $2,153.70 $1,824.88 – $3,978.24

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