Ip/obs cnsltj new/est low 45 at Lee County Community Hospital
127 HEALTHCARE DRIVE, PENNINGTON GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1205488996
$70.84
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.
$308.00
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.
$67.76 with MANAGED MEDICAIRE vs $308.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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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| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $67.76 | ↓ -4% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $68.84 | ↓ -3% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $69.79 | ↓ -1% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $70.47 | ↓ -1% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $71.15 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $71.15 | ↑ +0% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $71.15 | ↑ +0% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $71.83 | ↑ +1% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $79.49 | ↑ +12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $99.86 | ↑ +41% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $106.74 | ↑ +51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $120.43 | ↑ +70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $142.91 | ↑ +102% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $144.45 | ↑ +104% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $144.45 | ↑ +104% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $162.62 | ↑ +130% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $308.00 | ↑ +335% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $308.00 | ↑ +335% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $308.00 | ↑ +335% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $308.00 | ↑ +335% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $308.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $308.00 | ↑ +335% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $308.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $308.00 | ↑ +335% |
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Ip/obs cnsltj new/est low 45 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $72.15 | $97.09 – $99.86 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $72.15 | $99.86 – $106.74 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $72.15 | $55.48 – $106.74 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $72.15 | $99.86 – $106.74 |
| Dickenson Community Hospital | CLINTWOOD | $70.84 | $99.86 – $106.74 |