Red cell mass multiple 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

$217.58

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.

$946.00

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.

$119.90 with CIGNA HEALTHCARE vs $946.00 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.

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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
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $119.90 ↓ -45%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $161.76 ↓ -26%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $232.85 ↑ +7%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $232.85 ↑ +7%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $232.85 ↑ +7%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $283.80 ↑ +30%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $283.80 ↑ +30%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $283.80 ↑ +30%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $283.80 ↑ +30%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $283.80 ↑ +30%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $283.80 ↑ +30%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $283.80 ↑ +30%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $283.80 ↑ +30%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $288.34 ↑ +33%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $292.31 ↑ +34%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $295.15 ↑ +36%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $297.99 ↑ +37%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $297.99 ↑ +37%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $297.99 ↑ +37%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $331.10 ↑ +52%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $348.98 ↑ +60%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $350.02 ↑ +61%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $412.96 ↑ +90%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $671.09 ↑ +208%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $671.09 ↑ +208%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $691.22 ↑ +218%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $697.93 ↑ +221%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $697.93 ↑ +221%
AETNA AETNA $756.80 ↑ +248%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $946.00 ↑ +335%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $946.00 ↑ +335%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $946.00 ↑ +335%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $946.00 ↑ +335%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $946.00 ↑ +335%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $946.00 ↑ +335%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $946.00 ↑ +335%

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Red cell mass multiple at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $221.70 $95.43 – $1,154.89
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $221.70 $119.90 – $1,154.89
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $221.70 $119.90 – $1,271.44
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $221.70 $119.90 – $1,154.89
Lee County Community Hospital PENNINGTON GAP $217.58 $119.90 – $697.93
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $76.19 – $1,101.15
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $540.36 – $556.26
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $467.16 – $556.26

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