Insertion picc without port or pump with imaging guidance=>5y at Smyth County Community Hospital
245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377
$1,046.85
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.
$6,979.00
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.
$1,107.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $6,979.00 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.
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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,107.00 | ↑ +6% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,497.75 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,497.75 | ↑ +43% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,523.00 | ↑ +45% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $1,535.88 | ↑ +47% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,535.88 | ↑ +47% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $1,535.88 | ↑ +47% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $1,535.88 | ↑ +47% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $1,535.88 | ↑ +47% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $1,535.88 | ↑ +47% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $1,535.88 | ↑ +47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,535.88 | ↑ +47% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,542.68 | ↑ +47% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,557.66 | ↑ +49% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,557.66 | ↑ +49% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $1,581.96 | ↑ +51% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $1,581.96 | ↑ +51% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,597.31 | ↑ +53% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $1,597.31 | ↑ +53% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $1,612.67 | ↑ +54% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $1,612.67 | ↑ +54% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $1,612.67 | ↑ +54% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,621.00 | ↑ +55% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,850.00 | ↑ +77% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $1,941.56 | ↑ +85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,397.00 | ↑ +129% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $2,442.65 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $2,774.00 | ↑ +165% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $2,774.00 | ↑ +165% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $3,083.00 | ↑ +195% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $3,204.00 | ↑ +206% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $3,348.22 | ↑ +220% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $4,563.75 | ↑ +336% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $4,987.91 | ↑ +376% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $5,305.99 | ↑ +407% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $5,932.15 | ↑ +467% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $6,979.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $6,979.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $6,979.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $6,979.00 | ↑ +567% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $6,979.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Insertion picc without port or pump with imaging guidance=>5y at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $2,609.00 | $1,509.00 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $2,609.00 | $1,509.00 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $2,609.00 | $1,509.00 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $2,609.00 | $1,509.00 – $2,485.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $2,609.00 | $1,509.00 – $2,485.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $1,046.85 | $976.29 – $3,348.22 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $1,046.85 | $1,497.76 – $3,348.22 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $2,856.00 | $1,566.60 – $3,276.00 |