Change of windpipe airway 31502 at Lee County Community Hospital
127 HEALTHCARE DRIVE, PENNINGTON GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1205488996
$242.19
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.
$1,053.00
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.
$52.40 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,053.00 with MEDCOST — 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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| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $52.40 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $171.00 | ↓ -29% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $231.66 | ↓ -4% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $235.37 | ↓ -3% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $238.61 | ↓ -1% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $240.93 | ↓ -1% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $243.24 | ↑ +0% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $243.24 | ↑ +0% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $243.24 | ↑ +0% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $245.56 | ↑ +1% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $271.78 | ↑ +12% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $336.81 | ↑ +39% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $336.81 | ↑ +39% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $346.92 | ↑ +43% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $350.28 | ↑ +45% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $350.29 | ↑ +45% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $398.00 | ↑ +64% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $455.00 | ↑ +88% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $555.98 | ↑ +130% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $589.00 | ↑ +143% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $729.25 | ↑ +201% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $847.97 | ↑ +250% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $847.97 | ↑ +250% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $851.31 | ↑ +252% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $905.65 | ↑ +274% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,053.00 | ↑ +335% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,053.00 | ↑ +335% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $1,053.00 | ↑ +335% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,053.00 | ↑ +335% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,053.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $1,053.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $1,053.00 | ↑ +335% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,053.00 | ↑ +335% |
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Change of windpipe airway 31502 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $681.00 | $232.22 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $681.00 | $232.22 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $681.00 | $232.22 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $681.00 | $232.22 – $1,509.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $681.00 | $232.22 – $1,509.00 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $246.75 | $52.40 – $503.78 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $246.75 | $52.40 – $503.78 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $275.50 | $235.71 – $1,010.00 |