Observation per hour at Greeneville Community Hospital

1420 TUSCULUM BLVD., GREENEVILLE, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1699819003

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$11.10

Cash price

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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.

$74.00

Gross charge

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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.

$12.00 with BLUE CROSS vs $74.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $12.00 ↑ +8%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $12.00 ↑ +8%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $19.10 ↑ +72%
AETNA AETNA $31.60 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $35.22 ↑ +217%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $49.00 ↑ +341%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $59.20 ↑ +433%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $74.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $74.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $74.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $74.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $74.00 ↑ +567%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HEALTHCARE $74.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $74.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $74.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $74.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $74.00 ↑ +567%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $74.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $74.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $74.00 ↑ +567%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $74.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $74.00 ↑ +567%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID not published by hospital
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD not published by hospital
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA not published by hospital

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Observation per hour at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $365.67 $114.00 – $114.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $49.14 $16.76 – $3,642.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $70.22 $16.76 – $3,642.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $11.10 $12.00 – $12.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $365.67 $114.00 – $114.00
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $365.67 $114.00 – $114.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $365.67 $114.00 – $114.00
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $10.81 $12.00 – $12.00

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