Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) 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

$598.00

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.

$1,196.00

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.

$161.72 with Sentara Health Plan vs $5,220.00 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
Sentara Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $161.72 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $163.31 ↓ -73%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $166.08 ↓ -72%
Unitedhealthcare Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan $166.48 ↓ -72%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $576.38 ↓ -4%
Bcbs Anthem Hmo $616.48 ↑ +3%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $642.14 ↑ +7%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $2,350.00 ↑ +293%
Unitedhealthcare Options Ppo $2,633.00 ↑ +340%
Cigna Ppo/Pos $5,220.00 ↑ +773%

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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $640.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $640.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $640.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $640.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $640.00 $157.79 – $1,043.00
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $110.40 $82.07 – $345.64
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $110.40 $82.07 – $345.64
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $559.00 $161.72 – $2,845.00

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