Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at Lee County Community Hospital
127 HEALTHCARE DRIVE, PENNINGTON GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1205488996
$0.41
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.
$1.78
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.
$0.04 with CIGNA HEALTHCARE vs $1.30 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.
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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| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $0.04 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $0.07 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $0.29 | ↓ -29% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $0.30 | ↓ -27% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $0.30 | ↓ -27% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $0.30 | ↓ -27% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $0.30 | ↓ -27% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $0.30 | ↓ -27% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $0.31 | ↓ -24% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $0.34 | ↓ -17% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $0.70 | ↑ +71% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1.30 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1.30 | ↑ +217% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1.30 | ↑ +217% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $1.30 | ↑ +217% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1.30 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $1.30 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $1.30 | ↑ +217% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1.30 | ↑ +217% |
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Dexamethasone 4 mg tablet at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Southern Virginia Medical Center | Emporia | $11.94 | not published |
| Rappahannock General Hospital | Kilmarnock | $4.80 | not published |
| Southampton Medical Center | Franklin | $9.00 | not published |
| St Mary's Hospital | Richmond | $9.31 | not published |
| Mary Immaculate Hospital | Newport News | $10.20 | not published |
| Richmond Community Hospital | Richmond | $7.96 | not published |
| St Francis Medical Center | Midlothian | $9.54 | not published |
| Memorial Regional Hospital | Mechanicsville | $8.86 | not published |