Afo molded to patient plasti at Smyth County Community Hospital
245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377
$248.55
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.
$1,657.00
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.
$265.12 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,713.57 with AMBETTER — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $265.12 | ↑ +7% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $288.32 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $301.57 | ↑ +21% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $460.98 | ↑ +85% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $568.30 | ↑ +129% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $568.30 | ↑ +129% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $568.30 | ↑ +129% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $579.95 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $581.61 | ↑ +134% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $581.61 | ↑ +134% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $662.80 | ↑ +167% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $743.99 | ↑ +199% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $786.04 | ↑ +216% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $786.04 | ↑ +216% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $786.04 | ↑ +216% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $786.04 | ↑ +216% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $786.04 | ↑ +216% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $786.04 | ↑ +216% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $786.04 | ↑ +216% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $786.04 | ↑ +216% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $809.62 | ↑ +226% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $809.62 | ↑ +226% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $817.48 | ↑ +229% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $817.48 | ↑ +229% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $825.34 | ↑ +232% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $825.34 | ↑ +232% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $825.34 | ↑ +232% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $828.50 | ↑ +233% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,408.45 | ↑ +467% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $1,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $1,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $1,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,713.57 | ↑ +589% |
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Afo molded to patient plasti at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $519.00 | $342.54 – $809.64 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $519.00 | $342.54 – $809.64 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $519.00 | $342.54 – $809.64 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $519.00 | $342.54 – $809.64 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $519.00 | $342.54 – $809.64 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $248.55 | $568.30 – $1,713.57 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $248.55 | $568.30 – $1,713.57 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $436.77 | not published |