Bln dil 900ml preperitnl 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

$1,146.12

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.

$7,640.83

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.

$1,375.69 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $7,640.83 with SEVEN CORNERS, INC. — 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $1,375.69 ↑ +20%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1,496.07 ↑ +31%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $1,564.85 ↑ +37%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $2,563.50 ↑ +124%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $2,674.29 ↑ +133%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $2,964.64 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $2,964.64 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $3,439.23 ↑ +200%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $3,690.52 ↑ +222%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $4,299.04 ↑ +275%
AETNA AETNA $4,874.85 ↑ +325%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $7,640.83 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $7,640.83 ↑ +567%

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Bln dil 900ml preperitnl at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $1,146.12 $2,842.39 – $2,842.39
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $550.10 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $616.10 not published
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $1,146.12 $2,345.73 – $2,345.73
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $1,146.12 $2,842.39 – $2,842.39
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk $616.10 not published
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton $616.10 not published
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk $616.10 not published

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