Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at Johnston Memorial Hospital

16000 JOHNSTON MEMORIAL DRIVE, ABINGDON, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1104812684

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$5.70

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.

$37.99

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.

$1.25 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $8.15 with AMBETTER — 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 SENTARA HEALTH $1.25 ↓ -78%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $1.31 ↓ -77%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1.39 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $1.45 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $1.45 ↓ -75%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $1.46 ↓ -74%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $1.46 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $1.74 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $1.81 ↓ -68%
AETNA AETNA $2.39 ↓ -58%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $2.62 ↓ -54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $3.74 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $3.74 ↓ -34%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $3.74 ↓ -34%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $3.74 ↓ -34%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $3.74 ↓ -34%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $3.74 ↓ -34%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $3.74 ↓ -34%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $3.74 ↓ -34%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $3.74 ↓ -34%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $3.74 ↓ -34%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $3.74 ↓ -34%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $3.74 ↓ -34%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $3.74 ↓ -34%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $3.74 ↓ -34%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $3.74 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $3.74 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $3.74 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $3.74 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $3.74 ↓ -34%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $3.74 ↓ -34%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $3.74 ↓ -34%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $3.74 ↓ -34%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $3.74 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $3.85 ↓ -32%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $3.96 ↓ -31%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $8.15 ↑ +43%

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $9.64 $4.97 – $24.11
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $9.64 $4.97 – $24.11
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $9.64 $4.97 – $24.11
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $9.64 $4.97 – $24.11
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $9.64 $4.97 – $24.11
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $5.70 $3.30 – $19.34
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $4.80 $8.46 – $69.78
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $46.00 $7.17 – $22.42

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