Ghs init tx 1st degree burn 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

$65.25

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.

$435.00

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.

$51.94 with BLUE CROSS vs $435.00 with SEVEN CORNERS, INC. — 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
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $51.94 ↓ -20%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $121.02 ↑ +85%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $152.25 ↑ +133%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $171.00 ↑ +162%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $195.76 ↑ +200%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $195.76 ↑ +200%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $195.76 ↑ +200%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $195.76 ↑ +200%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $195.76 ↑ +200%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $195.76 ↑ +200%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $195.76 ↑ +200%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $195.76 ↑ +200%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $201.63 ↑ +209%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $201.63 ↑ +209%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $203.59 ↑ +212%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $203.59 ↑ +212%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $205.54 ↑ +215%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $205.54 ↑ +215%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $205.54 ↑ +215%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $241.71 ↑ +270%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $241.71 ↑ +270%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $248.97 ↑ +282%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $251.38 ↑ +285%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $251.38 ↑ +285%
AETNA AETNA $369.75 ↑ +467%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $398.00 ↑ +510%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $426.75 ↑ +554%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $435.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $435.00 ↑ +567%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $435.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $435.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $435.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $435.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $435.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $435.00 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $435.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $435.00 ↑ +567%

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Ghs init tx 1st degree burn at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $560.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $560.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $560.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $560.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $560.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $65.25 $51.94 – $426.75
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $65.25 $51.94 – $426.75
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $227.50 $199.67 – $2,845.00

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