Tc-99m medronate 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

$19.05

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.

$127.00

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.

$23.34 with CIGNA HEALTHCARE vs $115.00 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
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $23.34 ↑ +23%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $31.34 ↑ +65%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $31.34 ↑ +65%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $38.58 ↑ +103%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $40.25 ↑ +111%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $42.32 ↑ +122%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $44.62 ↑ +134%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $44.62 ↑ +134%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $55.55 ↑ +192%
AETNA AETNA $73.37 ↑ +285%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $115.00 ↑ +504%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $115.00 ↑ +504%

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Tc-99m medronate at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $19.05 $23.34 – $42.32
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville $58.50 not published
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge $63.00 not published
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $19.05 $23.34 – $42.32
CJW Medical Center-Chippenham Hospital Campus CHESTERFIELD $1,103.00 $13.92 – $170.82
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-MONTGOMERY CHRISTIANSBURG $258.00 $170.82 – $170.82
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION $19.05 $23.34 – $42.32
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston $63.00 not published

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