Echo transesophageal at Smyth County Community Hospital
245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377
$293.10
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.
$1,954.00
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.
$176.31 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,954.00 with AMERIGROUP — 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 | $176.31 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $353.50 | ↑ +21% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $383.97 | ↑ +31% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $383.97 | ↑ +31% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $383.97 | ↑ +31% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $533.13 | ↑ +82% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $533.13 | ↑ +82% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $533.13 | ↑ +82% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $533.13 | ↑ +82% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $533.13 | ↑ +82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $533.13 | ↑ +82% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $533.13 | ↑ +82% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $533.13 | ↑ +82% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $543.60 | ↑ +85% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $549.12 | ↑ +87% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $549.12 | ↑ +87% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $554.45 | ↑ +89% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $554.45 | ↑ +89% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $559.79 | ↑ +91% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $559.79 | ↑ +91% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $559.79 | ↑ +91% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $597.13 | ↑ +104% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $597.13 | ↑ +104% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $615.05 | ↑ +110% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $621.02 | ↑ +112% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $621.02 | ↑ +112% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $683.90 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $906.66 | ↑ +209% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,162.22 | ↑ +297% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,584.17 | ↑ +440% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,660.90 | ↑ +467% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,731.40 | ↑ +491% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,841.81 | ↑ +528% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,877.00 | ↑ +540% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $1,954.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,954.00 | ↑ +567% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,954.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,954.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,954.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $1,954.00 | ↑ +567% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $1,954.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Echo transesophageal at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $2,182.50 | $548.30 – $2,746.02 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $2,182.50 | $548.30 – $2,746.02 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $2,182.50 | $548.30 – $2,746.02 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $2,182.50 | $548.30 – $2,746.02 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $2,182.50 | $548.30 – $2,746.02 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $293.10 | $140.31 – $1,162.22 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $293.10 | $176.31 – $1,162.22 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $854.50 | $543.79 – $559.79 |