Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout 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

$30.60

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.

$204.00

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.

$16.31 with AMERIGROUP vs $204.00 with FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY — 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 $16.31 ↓ -47%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $32.62 ↑ +7%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $32.62 ↑ +7%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $32.62 ↑ +7%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $32.62 ↑ +7%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $32.62 ↑ +7%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $32.62 ↑ +7%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $32.62 ↑ +7%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $32.62 ↑ +7%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $32.62 ↑ +7%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $32.62 ↑ +7%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $32.62 ↑ +7%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $32.62 ↑ +7%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $32.62 ↑ +7%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $32.62 ↑ +7%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $32.62 ↑ +7%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $32.62 ↑ +7%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $32.62 ↑ +7%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $33.60 ↑ +10%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $33.60 ↑ +10%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $33.92 ↑ +11%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $33.92 ↑ +11%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $34.25 ↑ +12%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $34.25 ↑ +12%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $34.25 ↑ +12%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $34.58 ↑ +13%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $36.49 ↑ +19%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $36.49 ↑ +19%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $37.58 ↑ +23%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $37.95 ↑ +24%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $38.31 ↑ +25%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $41.58 ↑ +36%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $52.48 ↑ +72%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $52.48 ↑ +72%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $68.44 ↑ +124%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $71.11 ↑ +132%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $71.40 ↑ +133%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $72.18 ↑ +136%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $100.18 ↑ +227%
AETNA AETNA $130.15 ↑ +325%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $187.61 ↑ +513%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $187.61 ↑ +513%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $187.61 ↑ +513%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $204.00 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $204.00 ↑ +567%

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Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $620.00 $28.39 – $47.30
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $249.00 $32.62 – $313.29
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $249.00 $32.62 – $313.29
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $249.00 $32.62 – $313.29
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $249.00 $32.62 – $313.29
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $249.00 $32.62 – $313.29
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $30.60 $32.62 – $71.11
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $30.60 $16.31 – $78.29

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