Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at Smyth County Community Hospital
245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377
$19.69
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.
$131.27
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.
$10.65 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $141.17 with AETNA — 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 | $10.65 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $12.63 | ↓ -36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $17.99 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $17.99 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $17.99 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $18.08 | ↓ -8% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $18.08 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $18.08 | ↓ -8% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $18.08 | ↓ -8% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $18.08 | ↓ -8% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $18.08 | ↓ -8% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $18.08 | ↓ -8% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $18.08 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $18.62 | ↓ -5% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $18.62 | ↓ -5% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $18.80 | ↓ -5% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $18.80 | ↓ -5% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $18.99 | ↓ -4% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $18.99 | ↓ -4% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $18.99 | ↓ -4% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $31.87 | ↑ +62% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $36.52 | ↑ +85% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $39.42 | ↑ +100% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $42.38 | ↑ +115% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $42.38 | ↑ +115% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $42.38 | ↑ +115% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $45.94 | ↑ +133% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $63.39 | ↑ +222% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $63.39 | ↑ +222% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $63.39 | ↑ +222% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $111.58 | ↑ +467% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $131.27 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $131.27 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $131.27 | ↑ +567% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $131.27 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $131.27 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $131.27 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $135.74 | ↑ +589% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $135.74 | ↑ +589% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $141.17 | ↑ +617% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $141.17 | ↑ +617% |
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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $19.69 | $10.65 – $135.74 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $32.43 | $5.92 – $139.95 |
| Lee County Community Hospital | PENNINGTON GAP | $30.19 | $10.65 – $201.74 |
| Rappahannock General Hospital | Kilmarnock | $90.00 | not published |
| Maryview Hospital | Portsmouth | $90.00 | not published |
| St Mary's Hospital | Richmond | $90.00 | not published |
| Mary Immaculate Hospital | Newport News | $90.00 | not published |
| Harbour View Medical Center | Suffolk | $90.00 | not published |