Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$5,317.15

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.

$23,118.03

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.

$37.21 with BLUE CROSS vs $23,118.03 with CIGNA 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
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $37.21 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1,071.97 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $1,071.97 ↓ -80%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $1,071.97 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $1,436.16 ↓ -73%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $1,697.40 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $1,697.40 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $1,697.40 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $1,697.40 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $1,697.40 ↓ -68%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $2,260.71 ↓ -57%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $2,260.71 ↓ -57%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $2,328.53 ↓ -56%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $2,351.14 ↓ -56%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $2,351.14 ↓ -56%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $2,385.99 ↓ -55%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE $5,085.97 ↓ -4%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $5,167.35 ↓ -3%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $5,238.55 ↓ -1%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $5,289.41 ↓ -1%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $5,340.27 ↑ +0%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $5,340.27 ↑ +0%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $5,340.27 ↑ +0%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $5,391.13 ↑ +1%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $5,966.76 ↑ +12%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $12,206.33 ↑ +130%
AETNA AETNA $23,118.03 ↑ +335%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $23,118.03 ↑ +335%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $23,118.03 ↑ +335%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $23,118.03 ↑ +335%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $23,118.03 ↑ +335%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $23,118.03 ↑ +335%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $23,118.03 ↑ +335%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $23,118.03 ↑ +335%

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $891.00 $3,797.98 – $3,797.98
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $601.71 $484.97 – $533.47
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $601.71 $484.97 – $533.47
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $601.71 $484.97 – $533.47
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $601.71 $484.97 – $533.47
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $601.71 $484.97 – $533.47
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $3,467.70 $20.46 – $1,661.02
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $3,466.49 $37.21 – $1,661.04

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