Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at Mary Immaculate Hospital
2 Bernardine Dr., Newport News, VA · Bonsecours · · NPI 1427064310
$19,465.42
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$32,442.37
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$5,898.53 with AETNA MEDICARE [1003] vs $6,016.50 with HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA MEDICARE [1003] | AETNA MEDICARE-ADVANTAGE PPO [103002] | $5,898.53 | ↓ -70% |
| UHC MEDICARE [1011] | UHC AARP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1011017] | $5,898.53 | ↓ -70% |
| UHC MEDICARE [1011] | UHC MEDICARE COMPLETE [44] | $5,898.53 | ↓ -70% |
| UHC MEDICARE [1011] | UNITEDHEALTHCARE DUAL COMPLETE [1011009] | $5,898.53 | ↓ -70% |
| HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] | HUMANA CHOICE-PPO MEDICARE [101003] | $6,016.50 | ↓ -69% |
| HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] | HUMANA GOLD PLUS HMO [101001] | $6,016.50 | ↓ -69% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Appendix Removal (Laparoscopic) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $2,401.65 | $4,458.16 – $12,858.79 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $2,401.65 | $5,152.66 – $12,858.79 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $2,401.65 | $5,307.17 – $14,156.47 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $2,401.65 | $5,152.60 – $12,858.79 |
| Dickenson Community Hospital | CLINTWOOD | $2,357.04 | $7,363.51 – $7,658.05 |
| Lee County Community Hospital | PENNINGTON GAP | $2,357.04 | $7,363.51 – $7,658.05 |
| Maryview Hospital | Portsmouth | $20,973.79 | $5,898.53 – $6,016.50 |
| St Mary's Hospital | Richmond | $24,154.34 | $6,065.29 – $6,186.60 |