Intro long gi tube at Russell County Hospital
58 CARROLL ST., LEBANON, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1891973939
$329.25
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.
$2,195.00
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.
$456.46 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,195.00 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 | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $456.46 | ↑ +39% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $456.46 | ↑ +39% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $470.15 | ↑ +43% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $474.72 | ↑ +44% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $479.28 | ↑ +46% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $704.00 | ↑ +114% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $768.25 | ↑ +133% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $799.42 | ↑ +143% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $884.93 | ↑ +169% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $884.93 | ↑ +169% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $884.93 | ↑ +169% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $884.93 | ↑ +169% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $884.93 | ↑ +169% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $884.93 | ↑ +169% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $884.93 | ↑ +169% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $884.93 | ↑ +169% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $884.93 | ↑ +169% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $884.93 | ↑ +169% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $899.09 | ↑ +173% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $920.33 | ↑ +180% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $920.33 | ↑ +180% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $929.18 | ↑ +182% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $929.18 | ↑ +182% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $929.18 | ↑ +182% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,107.00 | ↑ +236% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,223.00 | ↑ +271% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,223.00 | ↑ +271% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,406.00 | ↑ +327% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,463.00 | ↑ +344% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,621.00 | ↑ +392% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,756.00 | ↑ +433% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,850.00 | ↑ +462% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,929.15 | ↑ +486% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,195.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $2,195.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $2,195.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $2,195.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $2,195.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $2,195.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $2,195.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,195.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Intro long gi tube at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $1,311.50 | $516.52 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,311.50 | $516.52 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,311.50 | $516.52 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,311.50 | $516.52 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,311.50 | $516.52 – $2,485.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $329.25 | $456.45 – $1,929.15 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $1,392.00 | $902.63 – $3,276.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $1,489.00 | $902.63 – $2,603.00 |