Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$3,467.70

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.

$23,118.03

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.

$20.46 with BLUE CROSS vs $23,109.91 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
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $20.46 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $20.46 ↓ -99%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $37.21 ↓ -99%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $1,071.97 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $1,071.97 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $1,071.97 ↓ -69%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $1,436.16 ↓ -59%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $1,581.92 ↓ -54%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $1,581.92 ↓ -54%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $1,629.38 ↓ -53%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $1,645.20 ↓ -53%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $1,661.02 ↓ -52%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $1,697.40 ↓ -51%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $1,697.40 ↓ -51%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $1,697.40 ↓ -51%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $1,697.40 ↓ -51%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $1,697.40 ↓ -51%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $1,909.44 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $1,909.44 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $1,909.44 ↓ -45%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $2,385.99 ↓ -31%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $7,753.37 ↑ +124%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $8,088.47 ↑ +133%
AETNA AETNA $14,744.12 ↑ +325%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $23,109.91 ↑ +566%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $23,109.91 ↑ +566%

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $891.00 $3,797.98 – $3,797.98
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $601.71 $484.97 – $533.47
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $601.71 $484.97 – $533.47
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $601.71 $484.97 – $533.47
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $601.71 $484.97 – $533.47
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $601.71 $484.97 – $533.47
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $3,466.49 $37.21 – $1,661.04
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $3,467.70 $37.21 – $1,661.02

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