Adj gastric band via subq port 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

$331.80

Cash price

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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.

$2,212.00

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.

$738.43 with AMERIGROUP vs $4,517.82 with AETNA — 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
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $738.43 ↑ +123%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $742.13 ↑ +124%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $774.20 ↑ +133%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $884.93 ↑ +167%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $884.93 ↑ +167%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $884.93 ↑ +167%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $884.93 ↑ +167%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $884.93 ↑ +167%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $884.93 ↑ +167%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $884.93 ↑ +167%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $884.93 ↑ +167%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $884.93 ↑ +167%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $911.48 ↑ +175%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $911.48 ↑ +175%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $920.33 ↑ +177%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $920.33 ↑ +177%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $929.18 ↑ +180%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $929.18 ↑ +180%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $929.18 ↑ +180%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $938.03 ↑ +183%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $948.00 ↑ +186%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1,107.00 ↑ +234%
AETNA AETNA $1,411.26 ↑ +325%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $1,621.00 ↑ +389%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $1,850.00 ↑ +458%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $1,929.15 ↑ +481%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $2,212.00 ↑ +567%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $4,302.69 ↑ +1197%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $4,302.69 ↑ +1197%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $4,431.77 ↑ +1236%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $4,474.80 ↑ +1249%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $4,517.82 ↑ +1262%

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Adj gastric band via subq port at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,819.50 $937.56 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,819.50 $937.56 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,819.50 $937.56 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,819.50 $937.56 – $1,509.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,819.50 $937.56 – $1,509.00
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $331.80 $884.93 – $4,302.74
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,359.50 $902.63 – $3,276.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,313.00 $805.00 – $3,988.00

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