CostGrade
C

48/100

#1,320 nationally

Johnston Memorial Hospital

16000 Johnston Memorial Drive, Abingdon, VA 24211 · (276) 258-1000

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Johnston Memorial Hospital billed $4.40 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.

Charge-to-payment
4.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
51
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in VA
#39
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
3/5
shown for context, not in the grade

How this grade was reached

Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.

Inpatient charge markup 20.9/35

Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 7.3/25

Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 15.2/30

Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 5.0/10

Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.

What this hospital treats most

The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.

Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

259 $17,849 $2,006 +52%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

197 $52,589 $16,413 -19%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

148 $16,685 $2,344 -14%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

112 $9,502 $1,639 -16%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

73 $35,260 $11,593 -19%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

68 $36,778 $11,792 -21%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

62 $81,163 $10,536 +30%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

45 $25,264 $8,481 -23%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

44 $50,855 $14,052 -8%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

39 $49,659 $13,188 -6%

Where its charges run furthest above the national middle

Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$62,068 $5,849 +56%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,849 $2,006 +52%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$33,705 $2,896 +45%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,672 $1,461 +37%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$81,163 $10,536 +30%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$44,998 $4,628 +28%
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit

$47,237 $5,732 +23%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

$25,310 $3,500 +22%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)

MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay

$38,916 $13,508 -45%
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale

MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay

$30,209 $11,292 -45%
Heart Attack (with complications)

MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay

$27,587 $7,706 -37%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$31,236 $12,223 -35%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

$20,364 $7,329 -35%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

$21,776 $7,306 -32%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$20,802 $6,917 -32%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay

$127,973 $30,553 -29%

What this page cannot tell you

  • It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
  • It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
  • A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
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