Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review at Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital
2204 Wilborn Avenue, South Boston, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1588668842
$15.50
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.
$31.00
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.
$23.15 with Sentara Health Plan vs $58.01 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 | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $23.15 | ↑ +49% |
| Humana | Medicare Managed Care Plan | $27.41 | ↑ +77% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan | $27.87 | ↑ +80% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Snp Medicare Managed Care Plan | $27.94 | ↑ +80% |
| Sentara Health Plan | Hmo/Pos | $36.27 | ↑ +134% |
| Sentara Health Plan | Exchange | $36.27 | ↑ +134% |
| Sentara Health Plan | Ppo | $36.27 | ↑ +134% |
| Unitedhealthcare | All Commercial Plans | $44.41 | ↑ +187% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Exchange | $52.16 | ↑ +237% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Hmo | $56.15 | ↑ +262% |
| Bcbs | Anthem Ppo | $58.01 | ↑ +274% |
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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer auto screen/manual rescreen/review at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $98.00 | $24.23 – $167.66 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $98.00 | $24.23 – $167.66 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $98.00 | $24.23 – $167.66 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $98.00 | $24.23 – $167.66 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $98.00 | $24.23 – $167.66 |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | ABINGDON | $23.40 | $13.31 – $58.01 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $23.40 | $21.41 – $58.01 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $15.50 | $27.14 – $44.41 |