Biopsy of prostate at Sentara RMH Medical Center

2010 Health Campus Drive, Harrisonburg, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1780694372

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,301.50

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.

$2,603.00

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.

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

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Biopsy of prostate at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $390.30 $96.26 – $2,291.91
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $390.30 $96.26 – $2,291.93
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,301.50 $1,571.00 – $3,276.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $2,419.00 $2,464.00 – $3,486.00
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $390.30 $96.26 – $2,291.91
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $390.30 $96.26 – $2,270.08
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $1,568.50 not published
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $2,419.00 $4,564.00 – $5,169.00

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →