Low cost skin substitute app at Russell County Hospital
58 CARROLL ST., LEBANON, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1891973939
$112.05
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.
$747.00
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.
$261.45 with MEDCOST vs $2,587.78 with AETNA — 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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| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $261.45 | ↑ +133% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $272.06 | ↑ +143% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $277.88 | ↑ +148% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $292.08 | ↑ +161% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $292.08 | ↑ +161% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $346.61 | ↑ +209% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $355.57 | ↑ +217% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $355.57 | ↑ +217% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $355.57 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $522.90 | ↑ +367% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $597.60 | ↑ +433% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $747.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $747.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $747.00 | ↑ +567% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $2,464.55 | ↑ +2100% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $2,464.55 | ↑ +2100% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $2,563.13 | ↑ +2187% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $2,587.78 | ↑ +2209% |
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Low cost skin substitute app at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $112.05 | $277.88 – $2,587.75 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $112.05 | $229.33 – $2,587.75 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $112.05 | $277.88 – $2,563.11 |
| Dickenson Community Hospital | CLINTWOOD | $109.94 | $186.90 – $3,662.90 |
| Lee County Community Hospital | PENNINGTON GAP | $109.94 | $186.90 – $3,662.90 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | not published | $511.00 – $2,004.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | not published | $484.00 – $484.00 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | not published | $2,350.00 – $2,350.00 |