Consult comp w/report rfrd material at Dickenson Community Hospital
312 HOSPITAL DR., CLINTWOOD, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1285685727
$132.48
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.
$576.00
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.
$49.47 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $576.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $49.47 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $49.47 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $49.47 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $51.89 | ↓ -61% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $133.04 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $172.80 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $172.80 | ↑ +30% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $172.80 | ↑ +30% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $172.80 | ↑ +30% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $172.80 | ↑ +30% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $172.80 | ↑ +30% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $172.80 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $172.80 | ↑ +30% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $174.10 | ↑ +31% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $174.10 | ↑ +31% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $175.56 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $177.98 | ↑ +34% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $179.32 | ↑ +35% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $179.71 | ↑ +36% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $181.06 | ↑ +37% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $181.06 | ↑ +37% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $181.44 | ↑ +37% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $181.44 | ↑ +37% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $181.44 | ↑ +37% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $201.60 | ↑ +52% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $201.90 | ↑ +52% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $212.49 | ↑ +60% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $213.12 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $368.96 | ↑ +179% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $368.96 | ↑ +179% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $368.96 | ↑ +179% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $460.80 | ↑ +248% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $576.00 | ↑ +335% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $576.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $576.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $576.00 | ↑ +335% |
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Consult comp w/report rfrd material at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $427.50 | $137.85 – $537.88 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $427.50 | $137.85 – $537.88 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $427.50 | $137.85 – $537.88 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $427.50 | $137.85 – $537.88 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $427.50 | $137.85 – $537.88 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $135.15 | $49.47 – $362.38 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $135.15 | $49.47 – $362.38 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $135.15 | $28.83 – $398.95 |