Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at Lee County Community Hospital
127 HEALTHCARE DRIVE, PENNINGTON GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1205488996
$656.19
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,853.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$480.63 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,853.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $480.63 | ↓ -27% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $627.66 | ↓ -4% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $637.70 | ↓ -3% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $646.49 | ↓ -1% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $652.77 | ↓ -1% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $659.04 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $659.04 | ↑ +0% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $659.04 | ↑ +0% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $665.32 | ↑ +1% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $732.84 | ↑ +12% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $732.84 | ↑ +12% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $736.36 | ↑ +12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $754.82 | ↑ +15% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $762.15 | ↑ +16% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $762.15 | ↑ +16% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $786.00 | ↑ +20% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,074.14 | ↑ +64% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $1,249.01 | ↑ +90% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $1,249.01 | ↑ +90% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,253.92 | ↑ +91% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,333.96 | ↑ +103% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,473.42 | ↑ +125% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,506.38 | ↑ +130% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $2,853.00 | ↑ +335% |
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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY | LOW MOOR | $17,753.00 | $542.64 – $828.27 |
| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $1,479.00 | $357.13 – $4,034.21 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $1,479.00 | $357.13 – $4,034.21 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $1,479.00 | $357.13 – $4,034.21 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $1,479.00 | $357.13 – $4,034.21 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $1,479.00 | $357.13 – $4,034.21 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $668.55 | $340.39 – $742.05 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $668.55 | $340.39 – $742.05 |