Chloride 24 hour urine 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

$8.85

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.

$59.00

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.

$2.88 with AMERIGROUP vs $59.00 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.

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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
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $2.88 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $5.72 ↓ -35%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $5.72 ↓ -35%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $5.75 ↓ -35%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $5.75 ↓ -35%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $5.75 ↓ -35%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $5.75 ↓ -35%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $5.75 ↓ -35%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $5.75 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $5.75 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $5.75 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $5.75 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $5.75 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $5.75 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $5.75 ↓ -35%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $5.75 ↓ -35%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $5.75 ↓ -35%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $5.75 ↓ -35%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $5.75 ↓ -35%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $5.75 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $5.89 ↓ -33%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $5.92 ↓ -33%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $5.92 ↓ -33%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $5.95 ↓ -33%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $5.98 ↓ -32%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $5.98 ↓ -32%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $6.01 ↓ -32%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $6.04 ↓ -32%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $6.04 ↓ -32%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $6.04 ↓ -32%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $6.10 ↓ -31%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $6.41 ↓ -28%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $11.29 ↑ +28%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $11.29 ↑ +28%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $12.54 ↑ +42%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $12.99 ↑ +47%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $16.31 ↑ +84%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $19.79 ↑ +124%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $19.90 ↑ +125%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $19.90 ↑ +125%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $19.90 ↑ +125%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $20.65 ↑ +133%
AETNA AETNA $37.64 ↑ +325%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $59.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $59.00 ↑ +567%

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Chloride 24 hour urine at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $261.00 $5.01 – $8.34
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $53.50 $5.75 – $67.31
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $53.50 $5.75 – $67.31
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $53.50 $5.75 – $67.31
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $53.50 $5.75 – $67.31
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $53.50 $5.75 – $67.31
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $8.85 $5.72 – $12.54
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $24.00 $5.86 – $8.42

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