Clsd tx/dis tib/wt bear no manip 27824 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

$205.50

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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.

$1,370.00

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.

$171.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,370.00 with FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY — 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 TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $171.00 ↓ -17%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $240.67 ↑ +17%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $240.67 ↑ +17%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $240.67 ↑ +17%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $240.67 ↑ +17%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $240.67 ↑ +17%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $240.67 ↑ +17%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $240.67 ↑ +17%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $240.67 ↑ +17%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $247.89 ↑ +21%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $247.89 ↑ +21%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $250.30 ↑ +22%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $250.30 ↑ +22%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $252.70 ↑ +23%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $252.70 ↑ +23%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $252.70 ↑ +23%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $265.11 ↑ +29%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $381.13 ↑ +85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $398.00 ↑ +94%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $455.00 ↑ +121%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $479.50 ↑ +133%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $524.66 ↑ +155%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $589.00 ↑ +187%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $618.93 ↑ +201%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $618.93 ↑ +201%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $637.50 ↑ +210%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $643.69 ↑ +213%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $643.69 ↑ +213%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $715.14 ↑ +248%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $781.61 ↑ +280%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $831.45 ↑ +305%
AETNA AETNA $1,164.50 ↑ +467%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $1,370.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $1,370.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $1,370.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $1,370.00 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $1,370.00 ↑ +567%

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Clsd tx/dis tib/wt bear no manip 27824 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $205.50 $240.67 – $618.93
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $205.50 $240.67 – $618.94
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $349.50 $245.48 – $1,010.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $374.00 $245.48 – $2,603.00
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $205.50 $240.67 – $638.12
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $487.50 $247.43 – $254.70
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $374.00 $245.48 – $3,408.00
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg $349.50 $245.48 – $252.70

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