Application of paste boot 29580 at Johnston Memorial Hospital
16000 JOHNSTON MEMORIAL DRIVE, ABINGDON, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1104812684
$60.30
Cash price 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.
$402.00
Gross charge 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.
$42.74 with BLUE CROSS vs $345.64 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $42.74 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $46.00 | ↓ -24% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $52.19 | ↓ -13% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $52.19 | ↓ -13% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $111.39 | ↑ +85% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $116.20 | ↑ +93% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $128.82 | ↑ +114% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $128.82 | ↑ +114% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $134.50 | ↑ +123% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $149.54 | ↑ +148% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $154.05 | ↑ +155% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $157.18 | ↑ +161% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $157.18 | ↑ +161% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $158.55 | ↑ +163% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $158.55 | ↑ +163% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $158.55 | ↑ +163% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $158.55 | ↑ +163% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $158.55 | ↑ +163% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $158.55 | ↑ +163% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $158.55 | ↑ +163% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $158.55 | ↑ +163% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $158.55 | ↑ +163% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $160.36 | ↑ +166% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $163.31 | ↑ +171% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $163.31 | ↑ +171% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $164.89 | ↑ +173% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $164.89 | ↑ +173% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $166.48 | ↑ +176% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $166.48 | ↑ +176% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $166.48 | ↑ +176% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $168.06 | ↑ +179% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $211.82 | ↑ +251% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $251.61 | ↑ +317% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $251.61 | ↑ +317% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $259.16 | ↑ +330% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $261.67 | ↑ +334% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $264.19 | ↑ +338% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $332.00 | ↑ +451% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $332.00 | ↑ +451% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $332.00 | ↑ +451% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $332.00 | ↑ +451% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $332.00 | ↑ +451% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $332.00 | ↑ +451% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $332.00 | ↑ +451% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $345.64 | ↑ +473% |
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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $571.00 | $157.79 – $1,043.00 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $60.30 | $42.74 – $345.64 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $559.00 | $161.72 – $2,845.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $598.00 | $161.72 – $3,988.00 |