Treatment of ankle fracture at Lee County Community Hospital
127 HEALTHCARE DRIVE, PENNINGTON GAP, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1205488996
$3,023.58
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.
$13,146.00
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.
$1,082.00 with BLUE CROSS vs $13,146.00 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.
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 | $1,082.00 | ↓ -64% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $2,246.00 | ↓ -26% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $2,892.12 | ↓ -4% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $2,938.39 | ↓ -3% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $2,978.88 | ↓ -1% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $3,007.80 | ↓ -1% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $3,036.73 | ↑ +0% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $3,036.73 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $3,036.73 | ↑ +0% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $3,065.65 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3,257.00 | ↑ +8% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $3,392.98 | ↑ +12% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $6,941.09 | ↑ +130% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $8,387.00 | ↑ +177% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $9,572.00 | ↑ +217% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $9,885.14 | ↑ +227% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $9,885.14 | ↑ +227% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $10,181.69 | ↑ +237% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $10,280.55 | ↑ +240% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $10,280.55 | ↑ +240% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $12,407.00 | ↑ +310% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $13,146.00 | ↑ +335% |
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Treatment of ankle fracture at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $3,081.15 | $5,568.30 – $15,433.92 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $3,081.15 | $6,917.18 – $15,433.92 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $3,081.15 | $7,079.78 – $16,991.47 |
| Smyth County Community Hospital | MARION | $3,081.15 | $6,917.10 – $15,433.92 |
| Dickenson Community Hospital | CLINTWOOD | $3,023.58 | $9,885.14 – $10,280.55 |
| Rappahannock General Hospital | Kilmarnock | $17,398.50 | not published |
| Southampton Medical Center | Franklin | $24,213.68 | $7,582.44 – $7,734.09 |
| Maryview Hospital | Portsmouth | $55,693.99 | $7,079.78 – $7,221.37 |