Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) 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

$46.65

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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.

$311.00

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.

$15.69 with BLUE CROSS vs $207.00 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
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $15.69 ↓ -66%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $15.69 ↓ -66%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $39.52 ↓ -15%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $57.56 ↑ +23%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $57.56 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $57.56 ↑ +23%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $57.56 ↑ +23%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $57.56 ↑ +23%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $57.56 ↑ +23%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $57.56 ↑ +23%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $57.56 ↑ +23%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $57.56 ↑ +23%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $59.28 ↑ +27%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $59.28 ↑ +27%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $59.86 ↑ +28%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $59.86 ↑ +28%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $60.44 ↑ +30%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $60.44 ↑ +30%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $60.44 ↑ +30%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $61.01 ↑ +31%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $69.45 ↑ +49%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $72.45 ↑ +55%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $125.48 ↑ +169%
AETNA AETNA $132.07 ↑ +183%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $171.00 ↑ +267%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $193.21 ↑ +314%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $207.00 ↑ +344%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $207.00 ↑ +344%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $207.00 ↑ +344%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $207.00 ↑ +344%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $207.00 ↑ +344%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $207.00 ↑ +344%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $207.00 ↑ +344%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $207.00 ↑ +344%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $207.00 ↑ +344%

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Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria $263.50 $59.40 – $1,509.00
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church $263.50 $59.40 – $1,509.00
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709 $263.50 $59.40 – $1,509.00
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg $263.50 $59.40 – $1,509.00
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria $263.50 $59.40 – $1,509.00
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $46.65 $39.52 – $125.48
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $209.00 $58.71 – $2,845.00
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $186.50 $58.71 – $3,988.00

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