Ecg external < 48 hours recording at Dickenson Community Hospital
312 HOSPITAL DR., CLINTWOOD, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1285685727
$242.65
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.
$1,055.00
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.
$52.85 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,055.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $52.85 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $58.85 | ↓ -76% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $81.09 | ↓ -67% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $81.09 | ↓ -67% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $81.09 | ↓ -67% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $106.71 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $106.71 | ↓ -56% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $109.91 | ↓ -55% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $110.98 | ↓ -54% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $110.98 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $316.50 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $316.50 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $316.50 | ↑ +30% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $316.50 | ↑ +30% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $316.50 | ↑ +30% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $316.50 | ↑ +30% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $316.50 | ↑ +30% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $316.50 | ↑ +30% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $321.56 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $326.00 | ↑ +34% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $329.16 | ↑ +36% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $332.33 | ↑ +37% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $332.33 | ↑ +37% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $332.33 | ↑ +37% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $369.25 | ↑ +52% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $389.19 | ↑ +60% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $390.35 | ↑ +61% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $480.94 | ↑ +98% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $489.52 | ↑ +102% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $525.67 | ↑ +117% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $559.23 | ↑ +130% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $695.00 | ↑ +186% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $794.00 | ↑ +227% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $844.00 | ↑ +248% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,029.00 | ↑ +324% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,055.00 | ↑ +335% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $286.00 | $84.50 – $359.85 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $286.00 | $84.50 – $359.85 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $286.00 | $84.50 – $359.85 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $286.00 | $84.50 – $359.85 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $286.00 | $84.50 – $359.85 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $247.50 | $43.88 – $282.99 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $247.50 | $52.85 – $282.99 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $336.50 | $132.41 – $136.30 |