Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at Sycamore Shoals Hospital
1501 W. ELK AVE., ELIZABETHTON, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1891801734
$473.85
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.
$3,159.00
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.
$501.02 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $3,159.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $501.02 | ↑ +6% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $628.42 | ↑ +33% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $646.27 | ↑ +36% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $646.27 | ↑ +36% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $672.12 | ↑ +42% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $672.12 | ↑ +42% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $711.23 | ↑ +50% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $711.23 | ↑ +50% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $711.23 | ↑ +50% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $711.23 | ↑ +50% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $711.23 | ↑ +50% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $711.23 | ↑ +50% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $711.23 | ↑ +50% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $711.23 | ↑ +50% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $711.23 | ↑ +50% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $732.57 | ↑ +55% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $738.46 | ↑ +56% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $738.46 | ↑ +56% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $739.68 | ↑ +56% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $739.68 | ↑ +56% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $746.79 | ↑ +58% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $746.79 | ↑ +58% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $746.79 | ↑ +58% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $753.91 | ↑ +59% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $878.83 | ↑ +85% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,105.65 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,225.69 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,225.69 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,465.78 | ↑ +209% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,525.80 | ↑ +222% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,550.48 | ↑ +227% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,877.00 | ↑ +296% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $2,015.44 | ↑ +325% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $2,143.00 | ↑ +352% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $2,211.30 | ↑ +367% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,369.25 | ↑ +400% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,776.00 | ↑ +486% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $3,159.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $3,159.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $3,159.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $3,159.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $3,159.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,738.13 | $1,254.66 – $1,568.32 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,190.52 | $482.03 – $2,815.40 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $875.38 | $627.64 – $1,442.84 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,701.31 | $482.03 – $2,815.40 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $473.85 | $501.02 – $1,594.69 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $1,376.90 | $278.35 – $1,568.32 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $1,376.90 | $278.35 – $1,568.32 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $1,376.90 | $278.35 – $1,568.32 |