11-desoxycortisol - sendout at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

600 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1437119310

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

$224.00

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.

$448.00

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.

$29.28 with Bcbs vs $212.83 with Cigna — 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
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $29.28 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $29.28 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $29.28 ↓ -87%
Sentara Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $29.87 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $30.16 ↓ -87%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $30.67 ↓ -86%
Unitedhealthcare Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan $30.74 ↓ -86%
Unitedhealthcare Options Ppo $50.32 ↓ -78%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $50.32 ↓ -78%
Cigna Ppo/Pos $212.83 ↓ -5%

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11-desoxycortisol - sendout at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $224.00 $29.28 – $212.83
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $439.50 $15.74 – $552.98
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $439.50 $15.74 – $552.98
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $439.50 $15.74 – $552.98
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $439.50 $15.74 – $552.98
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $439.50 $15.74 – $552.98
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $27.90 $13.91 – $63.83
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $27.90 $13.91 – $63.83

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