Ot evaluation high complexity patient/family at Russell County Hospital

58 CARROLL ST., LEBANON, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1891973939

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$79.20

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.

$528.00

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.

$46.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $528.00 with SEVEN CORNERS, INC. — 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.

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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $46.00 ↓ -42%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $99.61 ↑ +26%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $99.61 ↑ +26%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE $99.61 ↑ +26%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $99.61 ↑ +26%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $99.61 ↑ +26%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $99.61 ↑ +26%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $99.61 ↑ +26%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $99.61 ↑ +26%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $99.61 ↑ +26%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $99.61 ↑ +26%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $99.61 ↑ +26%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $99.61 ↑ +26%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $99.61 ↑ +26%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $99.61 ↑ +26%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $99.61 ↑ +26%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $101.20 ↑ +28%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $103.59 ↑ +31%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $103.59 ↑ +31%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $104.59 ↑ +32%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $104.59 ↑ +32%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $104.59 ↑ +32%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $116.00 ↑ +46%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $184.80 ↑ +133%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $188.00 ↑ +137%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $192.30 ↑ +143%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $215.00 ↑ +171%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $217.15 ↑ +174%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $244.99 ↑ +209%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $255.02 ↑ +222%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $255.02 ↑ +222%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $255.02 ↑ +222%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $279.00 ↑ +252%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $324.81 ↑ +310%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $324.81 ↑ +310%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $334.56 ↑ +322%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $337.80 ↑ +327%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $341.05 ↑ +331%
AETNA AETNA $422.40 ↑ +433%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $528.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $528.00 ↑ +567%

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Ot evaluation high complexity patient/family at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $1,405.00 $84.65 – $96.60
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $246.00 $113.16 – $383.76
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $246.00 $113.16 – $383.76
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $246.00 $113.16 – $383.76
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $246.00 $113.16 – $383.76
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $246.00 $113.16 – $383.76
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $79.20 $46.00 – $324.81
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $228.50 $101.60 – $104.59

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