Urine Culture Test 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

$13.95

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.

$93.00

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.

$4.04 with AMERIGROUP vs $93.00 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 $4.04 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $8.07 ↓ -42%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $8.07 ↓ -42%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $8.07 ↓ -42%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $8.07 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $8.07 ↓ -42%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $8.07 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $8.07 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $8.07 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $8.07 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $8.07 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $8.07 ↓ -42%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $8.07 ↓ -42%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $8.07 ↓ -42%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $8.07 ↓ -42%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $8.07 ↓ -42%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $8.07 ↓ -42%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $8.07 ↓ -42%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $8.31 ↓ -40%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $8.31 ↓ -40%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $8.39 ↓ -40%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $8.39 ↓ -40%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $8.47 ↓ -39%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $8.47 ↓ -39%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $8.47 ↓ -39%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $8.55 ↓ -39%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $10.29 ↓ -26%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $10.36 ↓ -26%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $10.36 ↓ -26%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $10.67 ↓ -24%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $10.77 ↓ -23%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $10.88 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $16.17 ↑ +16%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $17.56 ↑ +26%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $17.56 ↑ +26%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $17.59 ↑ +26%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $18.04 ↑ +29%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $31.20 ↑ +124%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $32.22 ↑ +131%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $32.22 ↑ +131%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $32.22 ↑ +131%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $32.55 ↑ +133%
AETNA AETNA $59.33 ↑ +325%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $93.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $93.00 ↑ +567%

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