Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital

2025 Glenn Mitchell Drive, Virginia Beach, VA · Sentara · · NPI 1528028396

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$36.00

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.

$72.00

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.

$4.95 with Bcbs vs $35.67 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 $4.95 ↓ -86%
Bcbs Anthem Exchange $4.95 ↓ -86%
Bcbs Anthem Ppo $4.95 ↓ -86%
Sentara Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.05 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.10 ↓ -86%
Bcbs Anthem Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.19 ↓ -86%
Unitedhealthcare Dsnp Medicare Managed Care Plan $5.20 ↓ -86%
Unitedhealthcare Options Ppo $8.51 ↓ -76%
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $8.51 ↓ -76%
Cigna Ppo/Pos $35.67 ↓ -1%

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Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach $36.00 $4.95 – $35.67
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $245.00 $4.31 – $7.18
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $44.50 $4.95 – $55.99
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $44.50 $4.95 – $55.99
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $44.50 $4.95 – $55.99
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $44.50 $4.95 – $55.99
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $44.50 $4.95 – $55.99
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $8.70 $2.48 – $10.79

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