Contrast injection to evaluate peritoneal-venous shunt at Johnston Memorial Hospital

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Original text from hospital filings

HC NM INJECT SHUNT PRE-PLACED

ABINGDON, VA

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Johnston Memorial Hospital’s median price of $366 is 21% below the median hospital's median price ($461), higher than 44% of the 1,480 hospitals reporting CPT 49427. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 49427 at Johnston Memorial Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 15 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Medcost medcost vhn percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$128	$128	—	—	—	$128 – $128
2	UnitedHealthcare uhc heritage select case rate · both	$157	$157	—	—	—	$157 – $157
3	UnitedHealthcare uhc heritage river valley case rate · both	$180	$180	—	—	—	$180 – $180
4	UnitedHealthcare tenncare united healthcare case rate · both	$193	$193	—	—	—	$193 – $193
5	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare case rate · both	$231	$231	—	—	—	$231 – $231
6	Aetna aetna percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$234	$234	—	—	—	$234 – $234
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross ballad health employee case rate · both	$366	$366	—	—	—	$366 – $366
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield tenncare blue care case rate · both	$366	$366	—	—	—	$366 – $366
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield tenncare blue select case rate · both	$366	$366	—	—	—	$366 – $366
10	Cigna cigna ppo case rate · both	$366	$366	—	—	—	$366 – $366
11	First Health first health coventry percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$366	$366	—	—	—	$366 – $366
12	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid virginia fee schedule · both	$440	$440	—	—	—	$440 – $440
13	Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem hlthkeep mediciad fee schedule · both	$453	$453	—	—	—	$453 – $453
14	Molina molina healthcare medicaid fee schedule · both	$458	$458	—	—	—	$458 – $458
15	Aetna aetna better health of virginia fee schedule · both	$462	$462	—	—	—	$462 – $462

Last updated: Mar 23, 2026

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