Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at Russell County Hospital
58 CARROLL ST., LEBANON, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1891973939
$21.75
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.
$145.00
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.
$41.08 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $145.00 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.
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 | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $41.08 | ↑ +89% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $50.75 | ↑ +133% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $52.81 | ↑ +143% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $67.28 | ↑ +209% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $70.04 | ↑ +222% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $70.04 | ↑ +222% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $70.04 | ↑ +222% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $73.82 | ↑ +239% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $73.82 | ↑ +239% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $76.04 | ↑ +250% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $76.77 | ↑ +253% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $77.51 | ↑ +256% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $101.50 | ↑ +367% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $116.00 | ↑ +433% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $145.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $145.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $145.00 | ↑ +567% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $145.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $145.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $21.75 | $41.08 – $77.51 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $27.50 | not published |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $24.00 | not published |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $21.75 | $22.82 – $77.51 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $21.75 | $41.08 – $76.77 |
| Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | South Boston | $24.00 | not published |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | $24.00 | not published |
| Sentara RMH Medical Center | Harrisonburg | $27.50 | not published |