Splint finger frog med 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

$7.05

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.

$47.00

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.

$7.52 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $87.06 with AMBETTER — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $7.52 ↑ +7%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $8.18 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $8.55 ↑ +21%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $13.08 ↑ +86%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $16.45 ↑ +133%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $16.50 ↑ +134%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $16.50 ↑ +134%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $18.80 ↑ +167%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $21.10 ↑ +199%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $23.50 ↑ +233%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $38.17 ↑ +441%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $38.17 ↑ +441%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $38.17 ↑ +441%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $39.94 ↑ +467%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $39.94 ↑ +467%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $39.94 ↑ +467%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $39.94 ↑ +467%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $39.94 ↑ +467%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $39.94 ↑ +467%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $39.94 ↑ +467%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $39.94 ↑ +467%
AETNA AETNA $39.95 ↑ +467%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $41.13 ↑ +483%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $41.13 ↑ +483%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $41.53 ↑ +489%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $41.53 ↑ +489%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $41.93 ↑ +495%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $41.93 ↑ +495%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $41.93 ↑ +495%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $47.00 ↑ +567%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $47.00 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $47.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $47.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $47.00 ↑ +567%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $87.06 ↑ +1135%

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Splint finger frog med at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $38.50 $25.41 – $60.06
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $38.50 $25.41 – $60.06
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $38.50 $25.41 – $60.06
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $38.50 $25.41 – $60.06
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $38.50 $25.41 – $60.06
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $7.05 $38.17 – $87.06
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $7.05 $38.17 – $87.06
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $18.63 not published

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