Arthrd si jt perq/min nvas at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital

2204 Wilborn Avenue, South Boston, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1588668842

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$17,587.76 with Sentara Health Plan vs $61,261.42 with Bcbs — 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
Sentara Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $17,587.76
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $17,760.19
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,061.94
Unitedhealthcare Snp Medicare Managed Care Plan $18,105.05
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $55,263.73
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $59,422.59
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $61,261.42

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Arthrd si jt perq/min nvas at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St Mary's Hospital Richmond $72,642.30 $17,591.15 – $17,942.97
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News $53,688.52 $17,107.48 – $17,449.63
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria not published $3,469.00 – $19,125.65
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church not published $3,469.00 – $19,125.65
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 not published $3,469.00 – $19,125.65
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg not published $3,469.00 – $19,125.65
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria not published $3,469.00 – $19,125.65
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $4,007.00 – $29,725.00

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