Acute hepatitis panel at Russell County Hospital
58 CARROLL ST., LEBANON, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1891973939
$80.70
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.
$538.00
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.
$9.51 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $538.00 with FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY — 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 | $9.51 | ↓ -88% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $9.51 | ↓ -88% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $9.79 | ↓ -88% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $9.89 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $9.99 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $47.63 | ↓ -41% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $48.39 | ↓ -40% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $49.54 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $49.54 | ↓ -39% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $50.01 | ↓ -38% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $50.01 | ↓ -38% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $50.01 | ↓ -38% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $60.72 | ↓ -25% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $103.83 | ↑ +29% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $104.66 | ↑ +30% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $152.46 | ↑ +89% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $180.03 | ↑ +123% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $180.03 | ↑ +123% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $180.03 | ↑ +123% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $188.30 | ↑ +133% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $195.94 | ↑ +143% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $430.40 | ↑ +433% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $538.00 | ↑ +567% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $538.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Acute hepatitis panel at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $856.00 | $41.45 – $69.06 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $449.00 | $10.76 – $564.93 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $449.00 | $10.76 – $564.93 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $449.00 | $10.76 – $564.93 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $449.00 | $10.76 – $564.93 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $449.00 | $10.76 – $564.93 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $80.70 | $9.51 – $103.83 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $235.00 | $48.58 – $79.85 |