Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic 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

$5,830.00

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$11,660.00

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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.

$7,278.54 with Sentara Health Plan vs $25,352.50 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 $7,278.54 ↑ +25%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,349.90 ↑ +26%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,474.77 ↑ +28%
Unitedhealthcare Snp Medicare Managed Care Plan $7,492.61 ↑ +29%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $22,870.40 ↑ +292%
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $24,591.51 ↑ +322%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $25,352.50 ↑ +335%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $11,780.00 $3,469.00 – $14,298.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $11,780.00 $3,469.00 – $14,298.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $11,780.00 $3,469.00 – $14,298.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $11,780.00 $3,469.00 – $14,298.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $11,780.00 $3,469.00 – $14,298.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $3,454.50 $5,568.30 – $15,433.92
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $3,454.50 $6,374.54 – $15,433.92
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $9,031.00 $4,007.00 – $13,397.00

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