Pr excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia <= 0.5 cm at Dickenson Community Hospital
312 HOSPITAL DR., CLINTWOOD, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1285685727
$256.68
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.
$1,116.00
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.
$76.91 with BLUE CROSS vs $2,344.82 with MOLINA 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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| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $76.91 | ↓ -70% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $171.00 | ↓ -33% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $334.80 | ↑ +30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $334.80 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $334.80 | ↑ +30% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $334.80 | ↑ +30% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $334.80 | ↑ +30% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $334.80 | ↑ +30% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $334.80 | ↑ +30% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $334.80 | ↑ +30% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $340.16 | ↑ +33% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $344.84 | ↑ +34% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $348.19 | ↑ +36% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $351.54 | ↑ +37% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $351.54 | ↑ +37% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $351.54 | ↑ +37% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $390.60 | ↑ +52% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $398.00 | ↑ +55% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $411.69 | ↑ +60% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $412.92 | ↑ +61% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $455.00 | ↑ +77% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $589.00 | ↑ +129% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $892.80 | ↑ +248% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,116.00 | ↑ +335% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,116.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,116.00 | ↑ +335% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,116.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,116.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,116.00 | ↑ +335% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $2,254.63 | ↑ +778% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $2,344.82 | ↑ +814% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $2,344.82 | ↑ +814% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Pr excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia <= 0.5 cm at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $4,812.00 | $1,285.16 – $3,529.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $4,812.00 | $1,285.16 – $3,529.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $4,812.00 | $1,285.16 – $3,529.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $4,812.00 | $1,285.16 – $3,529.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $4,812.00 | $1,285.16 – $3,529.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $261.45 | $29.82 – $3,512.94 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $261.45 | $76.91 – $3,512.94 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $2,343.50 | $1,010.00 – $1,692.01 |