Ghs fb removal from muscle - complicated at Sycamore Shoals Hospital
1501 W. ELK AVE., ELIZABETHTON, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1891801734
$811.65
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.
$5,411.00
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.
$146.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $5,745.12 with AMBETTER — 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 | $146.00 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $220.05 | ↓ -73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $398.00 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $455.00 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $589.00 | ↓ -27% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $1,505.34 | ↑ +85% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,893.85 | ↑ +133% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $2,512.14 | ↑ +210% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $2,512.14 | ↑ +210% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $2,612.63 | ↑ +222% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $2,612.63 | ↑ +222% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $2,635.37 | ↑ +225% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $2,635.37 | ↑ +225% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $2,635.37 | ↑ +225% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $2,635.37 | ↑ +225% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $2,635.37 | ↑ +225% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $2,635.37 | ↑ +225% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $2,635.37 | ↑ +225% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $2,635.37 | ↑ +225% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $2,635.37 | ↑ +225% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $2,714.44 | ↑ +234% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $2,740.79 | ↑ +238% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $2,740.79 | ↑ +238% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $2,767.14 | ↑ +241% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $2,767.14 | ↑ +241% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $2,767.14 | ↑ +241% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $2,793.50 | ↑ +244% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $3,452.22 | ↑ +325% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $4,058.25 | ↑ +400% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $5,411.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $5,411.00 | ↑ +567% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $5,745.12 | ↑ +608% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $838.58 | $2,273.66 – $5,226.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $811.65 | $220.05 – $5,908.92 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $796.49 | $220.05 – $2,637.75 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $811.65 | $220.05 – $5,908.92 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $811.65 | $220.05 – $6,007.13 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $811.65 | $220.05 – $5,749.39 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $811.65 | $220.05 – $6,007.13 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $765.66 | $1,275.14 – $5,241.56 |