#celiac hla-dq2 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

$98.55

Cash price

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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.

$657.00

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.

$45.68 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $657.00 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.

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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $45.68 ↓ -54%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $45.68 ↓ -54%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $47.05 ↓ -52%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $47.51 ↓ -52%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $47.51 ↓ -52%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $94.74 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $94.74 ↓ -4%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $94.74 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $94.74 ↓ -4%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $94.74 ↓ -4%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $94.74 ↓ -4%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $94.74 ↓ -4%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $94.74 ↓ -4%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $94.74 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $94.74 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $94.74 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $94.74 ↓ -4%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $94.74 ↓ -4%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $94.74 ↓ -4%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $97.58 ↓ -1%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $97.58 ↓ -1%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $98.53 ↓ -0%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $98.53 ↓ -0%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $99.48 ↑ +1%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $99.48 ↑ +1%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $99.48 ↑ +1%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $112.73 ↑ +14%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $182.78 ↑ +85%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $206.53 ↑ +110%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $208.59 ↑ +112%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $229.95 ↑ +133%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $254.92 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $254.92 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $317.33 ↑ +222%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $459.90 ↑ +367%
AETNA AETNA $558.45 ↑ +467%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $657.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $657.00 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $657.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $657.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $657.00 ↑ +567%

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#celiac hla-dq2 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $1,046.00 $82.44 – $137.37
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $460.00 $51.70 – $578.77
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $460.00 $51.70 – $578.77
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $460.00 $51.70 – $578.77
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $460.00 $51.70 – $578.77
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $460.00 $51.70 – $578.77
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $98.55 $45.68 – $206.53
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $98.55 $45.68 – $206.53

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