Interrog&prgrmg ipnss polysm at Dickenson Community Hospital
312 HOSPITAL DR., CLINTWOOD, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1285685727
$144.21
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.
$627.00
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.
$65.29 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $627.00 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 MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $65.29 | ↓ -55% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $65.29 | ↓ -55% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $67.24 | ↓ -53% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $67.90 | ↓ -53% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $67.90 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $95.00 | ↓ -34% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $110.00 | ↓ -24% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $141.00 | ↓ -2% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $188.10 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $188.10 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $188.10 | ↑ +30% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $188.10 | ↑ +30% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $188.10 | ↑ +30% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $188.10 | ↑ +30% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $188.10 | ↑ +30% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $188.10 | ↑ +30% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $191.11 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $193.74 | ↑ +34% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $195.62 | ↑ +36% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $197.51 | ↑ +37% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $197.51 | ↑ +37% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $197.51 | ↑ +37% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $219.45 | ↑ +52% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $231.30 | ↑ +60% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $231.99 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $243.90 | ↑ +69% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $243.90 | ↑ +69% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $256.13 | ↑ +78% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $290.93 | ↑ +102% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $302.84 | ↑ +110% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $438.90 | ↑ +204% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $501.60 | ↑ +248% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $627.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $627.00 | ↑ +335% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $627.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $627.00 | ↑ +335% |
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Interrog&prgrmg ipnss polysm at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $147.00 | $45.68 – $653.28 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $147.00 | $45.68 – $653.28 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $147.00 | $47.05 – $719.21 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $147.00 | $45.68 – $653.28 |
| Lee County Community Hospital | PENNINGTON GAP | $144.21 | $65.29 – $67.90 |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital | Virginia Beach | not published | $305.66 – $314.65 |