Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at Lee County Community Hospital

127 HEALTHCARE DRIVE, PENNINGTON GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1205488996

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$5.75

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.

$25.00

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.

$3.80 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $25.00 with AMERIGROUP — 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 UNITED HEALTHCARE $3.80 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $3.80 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $3.80 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $3.80 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $3.80 ↓ -34%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $3.80 ↓ -34%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $3.80 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $3.80 ↓ -34%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $4.38 ↓ -24%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $4.62 ↓ -20%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $5.50 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $5.50 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $5.50 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $5.50 ↓ -4%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $5.50 ↓ -4%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $5.50 ↓ -4%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $5.50 ↓ -4%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $5.50 ↓ -4%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $5.50 ↓ -4%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $5.50 ↓ -4%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE $5.50 ↓ -4%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $5.59 ↓ -3%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $5.67 ↓ -1%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $5.72 ↓ -1%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $5.78 ↑ +1%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $5.78 ↑ +1%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $5.78 ↑ +1%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $5.83 ↑ +1%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $6.45 ↑ +12%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $8.66 ↑ +51%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $8.95 ↑ +56%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $8.95 ↑ +56%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $9.22 ↑ +60%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $9.31 ↑ +62%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $9.31 ↑ +62%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $13.20 ↑ +130%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $25.00 ↑ +335%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $25.00 ↑ +335%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $25.00 ↑ +335%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $25.00 ↑ +335%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $25.00 ↑ +335%
AETNA AETNA $25.00 ↑ +335%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $25.00 ↑ +335%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $25.00 ↑ +335%

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Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $290.00 $3.31 – $5.51
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $43.50 $3.80 – $54.73
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $43.50 $3.80 – $54.73
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $43.50 $3.80 – $54.73
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $43.50 $3.80 – $54.73
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $43.50 $3.80 – $54.73
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $6.00 $1.90 – $8.28
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $6.00 $3.80 – $8.28

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