Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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

$40.71

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.

$177.00

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.

$53.10 with MANAGED MEDICAIRE vs $177.00 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
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $53.10 ↑ +30%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $53.10 ↑ +30%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $53.10 ↑ +30%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $53.10 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $53.10 ↑ +30%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $53.10 ↑ +30%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $53.10 ↑ +30%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $53.10 ↑ +30%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $53.95 ↑ +33%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $54.69 ↑ +34%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $55.22 ↑ +36%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $55.76 ↑ +37%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $55.76 ↑ +37%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $55.76 ↑ +37%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $61.95 ↑ +52%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $65.30 ↑ +60%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $65.49 ↑ +61%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $66.94 ↑ +64%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $68.85 ↑ +69%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $68.85 ↑ +69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $69.21 ↑ +70%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $82.13 ↑ +102%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $83.01 ↑ +104%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $83.01 ↑ +104%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $84.25 ↑ +107%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $85.61 ↑ +110%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $133.10 ↑ +227%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $133.10 ↑ +227%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $133.10 ↑ +227%
AETNA AETNA $141.60 ↑ +248%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $177.00 ↑ +335%

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $41.70 $56.41 – $85.61
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $41.70 $66.94 – $85.61
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $41.70 $47.56 – $66.94
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $41.70 $66.94 – $85.61
Lee County Community Hospital PENNINGTON GAP $40.71 $66.94 – $69.21
Rappahannock General Hospital Kilmarnock $174.60 not published
Maryview Hospital Portsmouth $281.40 not published
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $294.00 not published

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