Knee arthroscopy/surgery at Mary Immaculate Hospital

2 Bernardine Dr., Newport News, VA · Bonsecours · · NPI 1427064310

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$34,508.99

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.

$57,514.98

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.

$7,079.78 with AETNA MEDICARE [1003] vs $7,221.37 with HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] — 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
AETNA MEDICARE [1003] AETNA MEDICARE-ADVANTAGE PPO [103002] $7,079.78 ↓ -79%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC AARP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE [1011017] $7,079.78 ↓ -79%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UHC MEDICARE COMPLETE [44] $7,079.78 ↓ -79%
UHC MEDICARE [1011] UNITEDHEALTHCARE DUAL COMPLETE [1011009] $7,079.78 ↓ -79%
HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] HUMANA CHOICE-PPO MEDICARE [101003] $7,221.37 ↓ -79%
HUMANA MEDICARE [1010] HUMANA GOLD PLUS HMO [101001] $7,221.37 ↓ -79%

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Knee arthroscopy/surgery at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Southampton Medical Center Franklin $22,666.67 $7,582.44 – $7,734.09
Maryview Hospital Portsmouth $42,890.28 $7,079.78 – $7,221.37
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $43,547.75 $7,279.94 – $7,425.54
Harbour View Medical Center Suffolk $52,865.65 not published
St Francis Medical Center Midlothian $85,728.57 $7,079.78 – $12,526.51
Southside Regional Medical Center Petersburg $32,249.32 $12,526.51 – $12,777.04
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $3,508.00 – $16,441.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $3,508.00 – $16,441.00

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