Myocrd img pet rst&strs CT 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

$1,410.90

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.

$9,406.00

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.

$983.64 with CIGNA HEALTHCARE vs $9,406.00 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.

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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
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $983.64 ↓ -30%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $1,775.17 ↑ +26%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $1,775.17 ↑ +26%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $1,828.43 ↑ +30%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $1,846.18 ↑ +31%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $1,846.18 ↑ +31%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $2,025.45 ↑ +44%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $2,086.00 ↑ +48%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $2,149.23 ↑ +52%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $2,149.23 ↑ +52%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $2,149.23 ↑ +52%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $2,149.23 ↑ +52%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $2,149.23 ↑ +52%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $2,149.23 ↑ +52%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $2,149.23 ↑ +52%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $2,149.23 ↑ +52%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $2,213.70 ↑ +57%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $2,213.70 ↑ +57%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $2,235.20 ↑ +58%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $2,235.20 ↑ +58%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $2,250.50 ↑ +60%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $2,250.50 ↑ +60%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $2,250.50 ↑ +60%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $2,256.69 ↑ +60%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $2,256.69 ↑ +60%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $2,256.69 ↑ +60%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $2,381.00 ↑ +69%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $2,616.75 ↑ +85%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $3,086.00 ↑ +119%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $3,292.10 ↑ +133%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $4,685.32 ↑ +232%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $6,584.20 ↑ +367%
AETNA AETNA $7,995.10 ↑ +467%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $9,406.00 ↑ +567%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $9,406.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $9,406.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $9,406.00 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $9,406.00 ↑ +567%

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Myocrd img pet rst&strs CT at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $1,410.90 $84.63 – $4,685.32
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $1,410.90 $983.64 – $4,685.32
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $1,410.90 $774.00 – $5,158.15
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $448.27 – $5,063.63
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $2,192.21 – $6,729.00
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $266.99 – $5,063.63
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $366.81 – $5,063.63
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston not published $2,209.57 – $2,274.55

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