Bx skin tangential ea sep/ addl les 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

$20.47

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.

$89.00

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.

$19.58 with ALLCARE MEDICARE vs $815.81 with MOLINA 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.

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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
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $19.58 ↓ -4%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE $19.58 ↓ -4%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $19.58 ↓ -4%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $19.58 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $19.58 ↓ -4%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $19.58 ↓ -4%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $19.58 ↓ -4%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $19.58 ↓ -4%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $19.58 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $19.58 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $19.58 ↓ -4%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $19.89 ↓ -3%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $20.17 ↓ -1%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $20.36 ↓ -1%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $20.56 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $20.56 ↑ +0%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $20.56 ↑ +0%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $20.75 ↑ +1%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $22.97 ↑ +12%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $34.80 ↑ +70%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $41.30 ↑ +102%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $41.74 ↑ +104%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $41.74 ↑ +104%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $46.99 ↑ +130%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $62.30 ↑ +204%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $89.00 ↑ +335%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $89.00 ↑ +335%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $89.00 ↑ +335%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $89.00 ↑ +335%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $89.00 ↑ +335%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $89.00 ↑ +335%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $89.00 ↑ +335%
AETNA AETNA $89.00 ↑ +335%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $784.43 ↑ +3732%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $784.43 ↑ +3732%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $807.96 ↑ +3847%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $815.80 ↑ +3885%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $815.81 ↑ +3885%

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Bx skin tangential ea sep/ addl les at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $206.00 $321.36 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $206.00 $321.36 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $206.00 $321.36 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $206.00 $321.36 – $1,509.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $206.00 $321.36 – $1,509.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $20.85 $51.71 – $576.35
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $20.85 $51.71 – $576.36
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $333.50 $511.00 – $2,004.00

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