Biopsy cervixsingle/multiple 57500 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

$138.30

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.

$922.00

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.

$87.39 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,959.07 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
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $87.39 ↓ -37%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $309.33 ↑ +124%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $322.70 ↑ +133%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $357.74 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $357.74 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $427.81 ↑ +209%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $438.53 ↑ +217%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $438.87 ↑ +217%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $571.69 ↑ +313%
AETNA AETNA $588.24 ↑ +325%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $665.31 ↑ +381%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $665.31 ↑ +381%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $685.27 ↑ +395%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $691.92 ↑ +400%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $698.58 ↑ +405%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $898.66 ↑ +550%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $898.66 ↑ +550%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $898.66 ↑ +550%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $898.66 ↑ +550%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $898.66 ↑ +550%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $898.66 ↑ +550%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $898.66 ↑ +550%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $898.66 ↑ +550%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $898.66 ↑ +550%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $922.00 ↑ +567%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $922.00 ↑ +567%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $922.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $922.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $922.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $922.00 ↑ +567%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $922.00 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $922.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $922.00 ↑ +567%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $922.00 ↑ +567%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $922.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $922.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $922.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $925.61 ↑ +569%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $952.57 ↑ +589%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $1,959.07 ↑ +1317%

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Biopsy cervixsingle/multiple 57500 at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $1,772.50 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $1,772.50 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $1,772.50 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $1,772.50 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $1,772.50 $752.86 – $2,485.00
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $138.30 $87.39 – $922.00
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $1,556.50 $916.63 – $1,547.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $1,915.00 $916.63 – $2,603.00

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