#creutz-prot.,western blot 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

$31.65

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.

$211.00

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.

$14.61 with AMERIGROUP vs $211.00 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 $14.61 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $22.94 ↓ -28%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $29.21 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $29.21 ↓ -8%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $29.21 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $29.21 ↓ -8%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $29.21 ↓ -8%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $29.21 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $29.21 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $29.21 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $29.21 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $29.21 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $29.21 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $29.21 ↓ -8%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $29.21 ↓ -8%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $29.21 ↓ -8%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $29.21 ↓ -8%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $29.21 ↓ -8%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $29.21 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $29.27 ↓ -8%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $29.27 ↓ -8%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $30.09 ↓ -5%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $30.09 ↓ -5%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $30.38 ↓ -4%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $30.38 ↓ -4%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $30.67 ↓ -3%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $30.67 ↓ -3%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $30.67 ↓ -3%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $30.96 ↓ -2%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $42.75 ↑ +35%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $42.75 ↑ +35%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $44.03 ↑ +39%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $44.46 ↑ +40%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $44.89 ↑ +42%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $63.68 ↑ +101%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $64.24 ↑ +103%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $70.79 ↑ +124%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $71.07 ↑ +125%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $71.07 ↑ +125%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $71.07 ↑ +125%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $73.85 ↑ +133%
AETNA AETNA $134.62 ↑ +325%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $141.65 ↑ +348%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $211.00 ↑ +567%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $211.00 ↑ +567%

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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $163.50 $29.21 – $205.72
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $163.50 $29.21 – $205.72
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $163.50 $29.21 – $205.72
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $163.50 $29.21 – $205.72
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $163.50 $29.21 – $205.72
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $31.65 $22.94 – $63.68
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $61.50 $29.79 – $30.67
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $61.50 $15.77 – $94.44

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