Cath ablat bi-d d-d 8fr 115cm at Smyth County Community Hospital

245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377

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

$3,287.09

Cash price

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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.

$21,913.92

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.

$6,096.45 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $21,913.92 with AMERIGROUP — same scan, same building. Share

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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
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $6,096.45 ↑ +85%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $7,669.87 ↑ +133%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $8,151.98 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $8,502.60 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $8,502.60 ↑ +159%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $8,568.34 ↑ +161%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $8,568.34 ↑ +161%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $10,168.06 ↑ +209%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $10,584.42 ↑ +222%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $15,339.74 ↑ +367%
AETNA AETNA $18,626.83 ↑ +467%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $21,913.92 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $21,913.92 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $21,913.92 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $21,913.92 ↑ +567%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $21,913.92 ↑ +567%

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Cath ablat bi-d d-d 8fr 115cm at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $9,229.35 $6,038.82 – $14,273.57
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $9,229.35 $6,038.82 – $14,273.57
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $9,229.35 $6,038.82 – $14,273.57
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $9,229.35 $6,038.82 – $14,273.57
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $9,229.35 $6,038.82 – $14,273.57
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $3,287.09 $8,151.98 – $8,151.98
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $3,287.09 $8,151.98 – $8,151.98
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,610.98 not published

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