Gw stiffened micro access kit at Smyth County Community Hospital
245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377
$3,322.87
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.
$22,152.46
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.
$15.21 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $54.67 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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| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $15.21 | ↓ -100% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $19.13 | ↓ -99% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $20.34 | ↓ -99% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $21.21 | ↓ -99% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $21.21 | ↓ -99% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $21.38 | ↓ -99% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $21.38 | ↓ -99% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $25.37 | ↓ -99% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $26.41 | ↓ -99% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $29.74 | ↓ -99% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $46.47 | ↓ -99% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $54.67 | ↓ -98% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $54.67 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $54.67 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $54.67 | ↓ -98% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $54.67 | ↓ -98% |
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Gw stiffened micro access kit at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $5,485.50 | $6.22 – $14.70 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $5,485.50 | $6.22 – $14.70 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $5,485.50 | $6.22 – $14.70 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $5,485.50 | $6.22 – $14.70 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $5,485.50 | $6.22 – $14.70 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $3,322.87 | $20.34 – $29.74 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $3,322.87 | $20.34 – $29.74 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $910.80 | not published |