Brain flow imaging only 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

$467.00

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.

$934.00

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.

$456.51 with Unitedhealthcare vs $1,897.08 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
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $456.51 ↓ -2%
Sentara Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $544.64 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $549.98 ↑ +18%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $559.32 ↑ +20%
Unitedhealthcare Snp Medicare Managed Care Plan $560.66 ↑ +20%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $1,711.35 ↑ +266%
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $1,840.14 ↑ +294%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $1,897.08 ↑ +306%

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Brain flow imaging only at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $452.25 $51.86 – $1,154.89
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $452.25 $97.21 – $1,154.89
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $255.50 $540.36 – $556.26
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $436.50 $278.55 – $556.26
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $452.25 $97.21 – $1,271.44
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $452.25 $97.21 – $1,154.89
SPOTSYLVANIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER Fredericksburg $1,076.76 $35.13 – $1,101.15
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $436.50 $540.36 – $556.26

All Virginia hospitals for this procedure →