Cell marker study at Johnston Memorial Hospital
16000 JOHNSTON MEMORIAL DRIVE, ABINGDON, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1104812684
$83.70
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.
$558.00
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.
$15.32 with BLUE CROSS vs $558.00 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.
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 |
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| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $15.32 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $15.32 | ↓ -82% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $21.34 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $33.13 | ↓ -60% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $41.66 | ↓ -50% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $41.66 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $42.91 | ↓ -49% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $43.33 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $43.74 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $49.47 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $49.47 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $49.47 | ↓ -41% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $50.84 | ↓ -39% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $50.84 | ↓ -39% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $50.84 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $50.84 | ↓ -39% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $50.84 | ↓ -39% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $50.84 | ↓ -39% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $50.84 | ↓ -39% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $50.84 | ↓ -39% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $50.84 | ↓ -39% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $52.37 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $52.37 | ↓ -37% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $52.88 | ↓ -37% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $52.88 | ↓ -37% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $53.39 | ↓ -36% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $53.39 | ↓ -36% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $53.39 | ↓ -36% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $53.89 | ↓ -36% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $110.84 | ↑ +32% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $143.82 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $170.67 | ↑ +104% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $187.21 | ↑ +124% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $188.32 | ↑ +125% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $188.32 | ↑ +125% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $188.32 | ↑ +125% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $195.30 | ↑ +133% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $195.64 | ↑ +134% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $208.13 | ↑ +149% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $208.13 | ↑ +149% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $208.13 | ↑ +149% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $280.08 | ↑ +235% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $356.00 | ↑ +325% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $558.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $558.00 | ↑ +567% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $183.50 | $47.15 – $230.88 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $183.50 | $47.15 – $230.88 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $183.50 | $47.15 – $230.88 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $183.50 | $47.15 – $230.88 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $183.50 | $47.15 – $230.88 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $83.70 | $33.13 – $110.84 |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | BIG STONE GAP | $83.70 | $18.41 – $122.03 |
| LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY | CHRISTIANSBURG | $996.00 | $49.76 – $211.68 |