Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at Smyth County Community Hospital
245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377
$96.45
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.
$643.00
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.
$82.20 with BLUE CROSS vs $643.00 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.
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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| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $82.20 | ↓ -15% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $86.68 | ↓ -10% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $102.00 | ↑ +6% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $102.00 | ↑ +6% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $102.00 | ↑ +6% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $102.00 | ↑ +6% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $102.00 | ↑ +6% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $102.00 | ↑ +6% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $102.00 | ↑ +6% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $102.00 | ↑ +6% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $105.06 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $105.06 | ↑ +9% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $106.08 | ↑ +10% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $106.08 | ↑ +10% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $107.10 | ↑ +11% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $107.10 | ↑ +11% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $107.10 | ↑ +11% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $111.87 | ↑ +16% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $138.67 | ↑ +44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $138.67 | ↑ +44% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $142.83 | ↑ +48% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $144.22 | ↑ +50% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $144.22 | ↑ +50% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $178.88 | ↑ +85% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $222.37 | ↑ +131% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $225.05 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $226.07 | ↑ +134% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $226.07 | ↑ +134% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $226.07 | ↑ +134% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $303.09 | ↑ +214% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $331.26 | ↑ +243% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $352.39 | ↑ +265% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $469.00 | ↑ +386% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $535.00 | ↑ +455% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $546.55 | ↑ +467% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $643.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $643.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $643.00 | ↑ +567% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $643.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $643.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $643.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $1,545.08 | $141.45 – $245.18 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $658.00 | $106.34 – $867.24 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $658.00 | $106.34 – $867.24 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $658.00 | $106.34 – $867.24 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $658.00 | $106.34 – $867.24 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $658.00 | $106.34 – $867.24 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $96.45 | $46.49 – $222.37 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $96.45 | $82.20 – $222.37 |