Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at Smyth County Community Hospital
245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377
$587.70
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.
$3,918.00
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.
$171.14 with AMERIGROUP vs $3,918.00 with AMERIGROUP — 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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| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $171.14 | ↓ -71% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $171.14 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $171.14 | ↓ -71% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $171.14 | ↓ -71% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $171.14 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $171.14 | ↓ -71% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $171.14 | ↓ -71% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $171.14 | ↓ -71% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $176.27 | ↓ -70% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $176.27 | ↓ -70% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $177.98 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $177.98 | ↓ -70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $179.69 | ↓ -69% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $179.69 | ↓ -69% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $179.69 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $270.44 | ↓ -54% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $373.08 | ↓ -37% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $407.98 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $407.98 | ↓ -31% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $420.22 | ↓ -28% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $424.30 | ↓ -28% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $424.30 | ↓ -28% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $425.51 | ↓ -28% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $427.00 | ↓ -27% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $488.00 | ↓ -17% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $488.00 | ↓ -17% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $508.52 | ↓ -13% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $542.00 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $555.78 | ↓ -5% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $591.23 | ↑ +1% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $1,089.99 | ↑ +85% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,371.30 | ↑ +133% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $2,582.00 | ↑ +339% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $2,947.00 | ↑ +401% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $3,330.30 | ↑ +467% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3,820.00 | ↑ +550% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $3,918.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $3,918.00 | ↑ +567% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $3,918.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $3,918.00 | ↑ +567% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $3,918.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Abdominal CT scan (with contrast) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $5,970.00 | $301.59 – $401.74 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $885.50 | $178.02 – $1,432.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $885.50 | $178.02 – $1,432.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $885.50 | $178.02 – $1,432.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $885.50 | $178.02 – $1,432.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $885.50 | $178.02 – $1,432.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $587.70 | $171.14 – $407.98 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $587.70 | $171.14 – $407.99 |