Pr repair sprfcl wd simple face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 2.6-5.0 cm 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

$94.05

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.

$627.00

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.

$129.80 with BLUE CROSS vs $627.00 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.

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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
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $129.80 ↑ +38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $171.00 ↑ +82%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $174.43 ↑ +85%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $195.76 ↑ +108%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $195.76 ↑ +108%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $195.76 ↑ +108%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $195.76 ↑ +108%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $195.76 ↑ +108%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $195.76 ↑ +108%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $195.76 ↑ +108%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $195.76 ↑ +108%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $201.63 ↑ +114%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $201.63 ↑ +114%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $203.59 ↑ +116%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $203.59 ↑ +116%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $205.54 ↑ +119%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $205.54 ↑ +119%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $205.54 ↑ +119%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $219.45 ↑ +133%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $241.71 ↑ +157%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $241.71 ↑ +157%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $248.97 ↑ +165%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $251.38 ↑ +167%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $251.38 ↑ +167%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $398.00 ↑ +323%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $426.75 ↑ +354%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $455.00 ↑ +384%
AETNA AETNA $532.95 ↑ +467%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $581.68 ↑ +518%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $589.00 ↑ +526%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $627.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $627.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $627.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $627.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $627.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $627.00 ↑ +567%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $627.00 ↑ +567%

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Pr repair sprfcl wd simple face/ears/eyelids/nose/lips/muc memb 2.6-5.0 cm at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $647.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $647.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $647.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $647.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $647.50 $198.70 – $1,043.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $94.05 $56.50 – $426.75
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $94.05 $129.80 – $426.75
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $478.00 $199.67 – $2,845.00

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