Creatine kinase 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

$11.40

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.

$76.00

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.

$3.26 with AMERIGROUP vs $76.00 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 $3.26 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $5.72 ↓ -50%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $5.72 ↓ -50%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $5.89 ↓ -48%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $5.95 ↓ -48%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $6.01 ↓ -47%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $6.51 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $6.51 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $6.51 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $6.51 ↓ -43%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $6.51 ↓ -43%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $6.51 ↓ -43%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $6.51 ↓ -43%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $6.51 ↓ -43%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $6.51 ↓ -43%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $6.51 ↓ -43%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $6.51 ↓ -43%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $6.51 ↓ -43%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $6.51 ↓ -43%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $6.51 ↓ -43%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $6.51 ↓ -43%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $6.51 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $6.51 ↓ -43%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $6.71 ↓ -41%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $6.71 ↓ -41%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $6.77 ↓ -41%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $6.77 ↓ -41%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $6.84 ↓ -40%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $6.84 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $6.84 ↓ -40%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $6.90 ↓ -39%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $8.31 ↓ -27%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $14.19 ↑ +24%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $14.44 ↑ +27%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $14.74 ↑ +29%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $14.74 ↑ +29%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $20.60 ↑ +81%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $25.50 ↑ +124%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $25.58 ↑ +124%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $25.58 ↑ +124%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $25.58 ↑ +124%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $26.60 ↑ +133%
AETNA AETNA $48.49 ↑ +325%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $76.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $76.00 ↑ +567%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR $229.00 $5.66 – $9.44
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $85.50 $6.47 – $107.58
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $85.50 $6.47 – $107.58
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $85.50 $6.47 – $107.58
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $85.50 $6.47 – $107.58
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $85.50 $6.47 – $107.58
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $11.40 $5.72 – $14.19
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $31.50 $6.64 – $10.92

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