Platelet pheresis each unit at Russell County Hospital
58 CARROLL ST., LEBANON, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1891973939
$108.15
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.
$721.00
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.
$252.35 with MEDCOST vs $721.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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 | $252.35 | ↑ +133% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $262.59 | ↑ +143% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $267.75 | ↑ +148% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $283.00 | ↑ +162% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $308.96 | ↑ +186% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $308.96 | ↑ +186% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $308.96 | ↑ +186% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $308.96 | ↑ +186% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $308.96 | ↑ +186% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $308.96 | ↑ +186% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $308.96 | ↑ +186% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $308.96 | ↑ +186% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $308.96 | ↑ +186% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $308.96 | ↑ +186% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $313.90 | ↑ +190% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $321.32 | ↑ +197% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $321.32 | ↑ +197% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $324.00 | ↑ +200% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $324.41 | ↑ +200% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $324.41 | ↑ +200% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $324.41 | ↑ +200% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $334.54 | ↑ +209% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $348.24 | ↑ +222% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $348.24 | ↑ +222% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $348.24 | ↑ +222% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $388.66 | ↑ +259% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $388.66 | ↑ +259% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $397.50 | ↑ +268% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $400.32 | ↑ +270% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $404.21 | ↑ +274% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $408.09 | ↑ +277% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $418.00 | ↑ +287% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $576.80 | ↑ +433% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $673.53 | ↑ +523% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Platelet pheresis each unit at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $1,817.00 | $397.13 – $1,998.70 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,817.00 | $397.13 – $1,998.70 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,817.00 | $397.13 – $1,998.70 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,817.00 | $397.13 – $1,998.70 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,817.00 | $397.13 – $1,998.70 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $108.15 | $267.75 – $673.53 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $108.15 | $220.84 – $721.00 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $108.15 | $267.75 – $673.53 |