Metoprolol tartrate 5 mg/5 ml intravenous (wrapper) at Smyth County Community Hospital
245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377
$2.93
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.
$19.50
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.
$0.21 with CIGNA HEALTHCARE vs $19.50 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.
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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| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $0.21 | ↓ -93% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $0.28 | ↓ -90% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $0.28 | ↓ -90% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $0.28 | ↓ -90% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $5.42 | ↑ +85% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $6.83 | ↑ +133% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $13.65 | ↑ +366% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $16.58 | ↑ +466% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $19.50 | ↑ +566% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $19.50 | ↑ +566% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $19.50 | ↑ +566% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $19.50 | ↑ +566% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $19.50 | ↑ +566% |
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Metoprolol tartrate 5 mg/5 ml intravenous (wrapper) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $2.93 | $0.21 – $0.48 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $6.59 | $0.21 – $0.21 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $2.93 | $0.21 – $0.21 |
| SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | Fredericksburg | $77.76 | $0.32 – $0.32 |
| Dickenson Community Hospital | CLINTWOOD | $15.00 | $0.21 – $0.21 |
| Lee County Community Hospital | PENNINGTON GAP | $4.49 | $0.21 – $0.21 |
| Southern Virginia Medical Center | Emporia | $48.00 | not published |
| Rappahannock General Hospital | Kilmarnock | $5.50 | not published |