Screening HIV antigen/antibody combination assay at Smyth County Community Hospital
245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377
$42.30
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.
$282.00
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.
$11.83 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $282.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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 | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $11.83 | ↓ -72% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $11.83 | ↓ -72% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $12.18 | ↓ -71% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $12.30 | ↓ -71% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $12.30 | ↓ -71% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $24.08 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $24.80 | ↓ -41% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $24.80 | ↓ -41% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $25.04 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $25.04 | ↓ -41% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $25.28 | ↓ -40% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $25.28 | ↓ -40% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $25.28 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $29.73 | ↓ -30% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $52.49 | ↑ +24% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $53.41 | ↑ +26% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $78.45 | ↑ +85% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $98.70 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $109.42 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $109.42 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $136.21 | ↑ +222% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $197.40 | ↑ +367% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $239.70 | ↑ +467% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $282.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $282.00 | ↑ +567% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $282.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $282.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $282.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Screening HIV antigen/antibody combination assay at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $42.30 | $11.83 – $52.49 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $42.30 | $11.83 – $52.49 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $96.50 | $24.56 – $39.64 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $39.50 | $19.82 – $25.22 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $42.30 | $12.04 – $57.79 |
| Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital | South Boston | $47.50 | $20.95 – $25.28 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | $39.50 | $24.08 – $25.28 |
| Sentara RMH Medical Center | Harrisonburg | $96.50 | $24.56 – $25.28 |