Acth stimulation panel at Sentara Obici Hospital

2800 Godwin Boulevard, Suffolk, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1376540138

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.

$86.96 with Bcbs vs $642.38 with Cigna — 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
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $86.96
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $86.96
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $86.96
Sentara Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $88.70
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $89.57
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $91.09
Unitedhealthcare Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan $91.31
Unitedhealthcare Options Ppo $149.42
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $149.42
Aetna All Commercial Plans $180.69
Cigna Ppo/Pos $642.38

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Acth stimulation panel at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $75.68 – $126.09
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $88.70 – $145.75
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $76.16 – $488.96
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD not published $75.68 – $388.80
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG not published $75.68 – $93.05
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston not published $75.66 – $91.31
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-PULASKI PULASKI not published $66.77 – $93.05
LEWISGALE MEDICAL CENTER ROANOKE not published $75.68 – $126.09

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