Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at Johnston Memorial Hospital
16000 JOHNSTON MEMORIAL DRIVE, ABINGDON, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1104812684
$1,898.55
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.
$12,657.00
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.
$334.70 with BLUE CROSS vs $17,601.69 with AMBETTER — 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 | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $334.70 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,933.79 | ↑ +2% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,933.79 | ↑ +2% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,991.80 | ↑ +5% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $2,011.14 | ↑ +6% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $2,030.48 | ↑ +7% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3,257.00 | ↑ +72% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $4,246.42 | ↑ +124% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $4,429.95 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $4,910.92 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $4,910.92 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $5,872.85 | ↑ +209% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $6,113.33 | ↑ +222% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $7,320.87 | ↑ +286% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $8,074.17 | ↑ +325% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $8,074.17 | ↑ +325% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $8,074.17 | ↑ +325% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $8,074.17 | ↑ +325% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $8,074.17 | ↑ +325% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $8,074.17 | ↑ +325% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $8,074.17 | ↑ +325% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $8,074.17 | ↑ +325% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $8,074.17 | ↑ +325% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $8,075.17 | ↑ +325% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $8,316.40 | ↑ +338% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $8,316.40 | ↑ +338% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $8,387.00 | ↑ +342% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $8,397.14 | ↑ +342% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $8,397.14 | ↑ +342% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $8,477.88 | ↑ +347% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $8,477.88 | ↑ +347% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $8,477.88 | ↑ +347% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $8,558.62 | ↑ +351% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $9,572.00 | ↑ +404% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $12,407.00 | ↑ +553% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $12,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $12,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $12,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $12,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $12,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $12,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $12,657.00 | ↑ +567% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $17,601.69 | ↑ +827% |
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Insertion/replacement temporary single chamber electrode/pacemaker catheter at other Virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Inova Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria | $4,249.50 | $2,188.26 – $12,868.00 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church | $4,249.50 | $2,188.26 – $12,868.00 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | VA 22033-1709 | $4,249.50 | $2,188.26 – $12,868.00 |
| Inova Loudoun Hospital | Leesburg | $4,249.50 | $2,188.26 – $12,868.00 |
| Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | Alexandria | $4,249.50 | $2,188.26 – $12,868.00 |
| Russell County Hospital | LEBANON | $1,898.55 | $334.70 – $17,601.69 |
| Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | Charlottesville | $4,245.00 | $3,338.00 – $13,397.00 |
| Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center | Woodbridge | $5,098.50 | $3,988.00 – $9,860.00 |