Echo tee guidance at Dickenson Community Hospital
312 HOSPITAL DR., CLINTWOOD, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1285685727
$318.78
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.
$1,386.00
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.
$415.80 with UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA vs $1,386.00 with UNITED 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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| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $415.80 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $415.80 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $415.80 | ↑ +30% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $415.80 | ↑ +30% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $415.80 | ↑ +30% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $415.80 | ↑ +30% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $415.80 | ↑ +30% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $415.80 | ↑ +30% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $422.45 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $428.27 | ↑ +34% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $432.43 | ↑ +36% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $436.59 | ↑ +37% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $436.59 | ↑ +37% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $436.59 | ↑ +37% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $485.10 | ↑ +52% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $511.30 | ↑ +60% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $512.82 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $539.15 | ↑ +69% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $539.15 | ↑ +69% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $643.10 | ↑ +102% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $669.44 | ↑ +110% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $853.36 | ↑ +168% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $853.36 | ↑ +168% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $878.96 | ↑ +176% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $887.49 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $887.49 | ↑ +178% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $970.20 | ↑ +204% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,108.80 | ↑ +248% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,386.00 | ↑ +335% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,386.00 | ↑ +335% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,386.00 | ↑ +335% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,386.00 | ↑ +335% |
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Echo tee guidance at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $791.00 | $675.71 – $995.24 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $791.00 | $675.71 – $995.24 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $791.00 | $675.71 – $995.24 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $791.00 | $675.71 – $995.24 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $791.00 | $675.71 – $995.24 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $324.75 | $221.50 – $626.99 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $324.75 | $597.14 – $627.00 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $1,847.00 | not published |