Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets 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

$289.11

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.

$1,257.00

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.

$196.25 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,257.00 with FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY — 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 TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $196.25 ↓ -32%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $218.06 ↓ -25%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $218.06 ↓ -25%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $218.06 ↓ -25%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $218.06 ↓ -25%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $218.06 ↓ -25%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $218.06 ↓ -25%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $218.06 ↓ -25%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $218.06 ↓ -25%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $269.87 ↓ -7%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $269.87 ↓ -7%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $276.54 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $276.54 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $276.54 ↓ -4%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $276.54 ↓ -4%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $276.54 ↓ -4%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $276.54 ↓ -4%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $276.54 ↓ -4%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $276.54 ↓ -4%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $276.54 ↓ -4%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $276.54 ↓ -4%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE $276.54 ↓ -4%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $277.97 ↓ -4%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $280.66 ↓ -3%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $280.67 ↓ -3%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $280.96 ↓ -3%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $284.84 ↓ -1%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $287.60 ↓ -1%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $290.37 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $290.37 ↑ +0%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $290.37 ↑ +0%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $293.13 ↑ +1%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $324.43 ↑ +12%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $480.71 ↑ +66%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $663.70 ↑ +130%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $879.90 ↑ +204%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $1,257.00 ↑ +335%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $1,257.00 ↑ +335%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $1,257.00 ↑ +335%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $1,257.00 ↑ +335%
AETNA AETNA $1,257.00 ↑ +335%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $1,257.00 ↑ +335%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $1,257.00 ↑ +335%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $1,257.00 ↑ +335%

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Culture typing nucleic acid probe amplified per culture/isolate 6 or more targets at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $2,354.50 $213.69 – $2,962.43
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $2,354.50 $213.69 – $2,962.43
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $2,354.50 $213.69 – $2,962.43
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $2,354.50 $213.69 – $2,962.43
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $2,354.50 $213.69 – $2,962.43
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $294.30 $109.03 – $475.37
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $294.30 $188.84 – $475.37
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $109.50 $222.42 – $261.67

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