Aquatic exercise - group charge 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

$16.80

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.

$112.00

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.

$17.68 with BLUE CROSS vs $112.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $17.68 ↑ +5%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $17.68 ↑ +5%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $17.80 ↑ +6%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $17.80 ↑ +6%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $17.80 ↑ +6%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $17.80 ↑ +6%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $17.80 ↑ +6%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $17.80 ↑ +6%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $17.80 ↑ +6%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $17.80 ↑ +6%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $17.80 ↑ +6%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $17.80 ↑ +6%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $17.80 ↑ +6%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $17.80 ↑ +6%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $17.80 ↑ +6%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $17.80 ↑ +6%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $18.33 ↑ +9%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $18.33 ↑ +9%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $18.51 ↑ +10%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $18.51 ↑ +10%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $18.51 ↑ +10%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $18.69 ↑ +11%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $18.69 ↑ +11%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $18.69 ↑ +11%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $18.87 ↑ +12%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $37.58 ↑ +124%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $38.80 ↑ +131%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $39.20 ↑ +133%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $43.46 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $43.46 ↑ +159%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $44.99 ↑ +168%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $44.99 ↑ +168%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $46.00 ↑ +174%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $46.34 ↑ +176%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $46.79 ↑ +179%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $47.24 ↑ +181%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $51.97 ↑ +209%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $54.10 ↑ +222%
AETNA AETNA $71.46 ↑ +325%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $112.00 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $112.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $112.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $112.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $112.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $112.00 ↑ +567%

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Aquatic exercise - group charge at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $101.50 $19.55 – $127.71
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $101.50 $19.55 – $127.71
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $101.50 $19.55 – $127.71
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $101.50 $19.55 – $127.71
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $101.50 $19.55 – $127.71
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $16.80 $17.80 – $44.99
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $45.00 $18.16 – $18.69
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $84.00 $18.16 – $57.95

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