Cytopath c/v manual at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital
2204 Wilborn Avenue, South Boston, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1588668842
$22.00
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.
$44.00
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.
$14.46 with Sentara Health Plan vs $39.65 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.
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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| Sentara Health Plan | Exchange | $14.46 | ↓ -34% |
| Sentara Health Plan | Hmo/Pos | $14.46 | ↓ -34% |
| Sentara Health Plan | Ppo | $14.46 | ↓ -34% |
| Sentara Health Plan | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $16.13 | ↓ -27% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $17.71 | ↓ -20% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $19.10 | ↓ -13% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $19.42 | ↓ -12% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Snp Medicare Managed Care Plan | $19.47 | ↓ -12% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Exchange | $35.65 | ↑ +62% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Hmo | $38.38 | ↑ +74% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Ppo | $39.65 | ↑ +80% |
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Cytopath c/v manual at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $20.00 | $17.71 – $19.47 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $20.00 | $9.25 – $55.58 |
| LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER | ROANOKE | $170.00 | $15.15 – $25.75 |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital | Norfolk | $20.00 | $18.16 – $79.43 |
| Sentara RMH Medical Center | Harrisonburg | $20.00 | $10.34 – $19.47 |
| Sentara CarePlex Hospital | Hampton | $20.00 | $18.16 – $19.10 |
| Sentara Norfolk General Hospital | Norfolk | $20.00 | $18.16 – $79.43 |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital | Virginia Beach | $20.00 | $18.16 – $79.43 |