Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at Sycamore Shoals Hospital
1501 W. ELK AVE., ELIZABETHTON, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1891801734
$229.50
Cash price 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.
$1,530.00
Gross charge 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.
$114.91 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,530.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $114.91 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $125.69 | ↓ -45% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $125.69 | ↓ -45% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $136.92 | ↓ -40% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $214.55 | ↓ -7% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $216.48 | ↓ -6% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $216.48 | ↓ -6% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $216.48 | ↓ -6% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $216.48 | ↓ -6% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $216.48 | ↓ -6% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $216.48 | ↓ -6% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $216.48 | ↓ -6% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $216.48 | ↓ -6% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $216.48 | ↓ -6% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $222.97 | ↓ -3% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $225.14 | ↓ -2% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $225.14 | ↓ -2% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $227.30 | ↓ -1% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $227.30 | ↓ -1% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $227.30 | ↓ -1% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $227.39 | ↓ -1% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $227.39 | ↓ -1% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $229.47 | ↓ -0% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $236.48 | ↑ +3% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $236.49 | ↑ +3% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $425.65 | ↑ +85% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $471.92 | ↑ +106% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $535.50 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $619.29 | ↑ +170% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $619.29 | ↑ +170% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $619.29 | ↑ +170% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $685.61 | ↑ +199% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $685.61 | ↑ +199% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $685.61 | ↑ +199% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $709.92 | ↑ +209% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $976.14 | ↑ +325% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,146.00 | ↑ +399% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,147.50 | ↑ +400% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,307.00 | ↑ +469% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,530.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,530.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,530.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $461.81 | $108.35 – $436.96 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $760.72 | $132.73 – $1,799.00 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $471.27 | $108.35 – $441.44 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,087.11 | $132.73 – $1,799.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $229.50 | $114.91 – $485.38 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $571.19 | $76.07 – $436.96 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $571.19 | $76.07 – $436.96 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $571.17 | $76.07 – $436.96 |