Red blood cells each unit at Greeneville Community Hospital
1420 TUSCULUM BLVD., GREENEVILLE, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1699819003
$108.15
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.
$721.00
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.
$40.69 with BLUE CROSS vs $721.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $40.69 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $53.64 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $55.74 | ↓ -48% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $55.74 | ↓ -48% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $132.79 | ↑ +23% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $150.57 | ↑ +39% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $150.57 | ↑ +39% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $150.57 | ↑ +39% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $150.57 | ↑ +39% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $150.57 | ↑ +39% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $150.57 | ↑ +39% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $150.57 | ↑ +39% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $152.08 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $155.09 | ↑ +43% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $156.59 | ↑ +45% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $158.10 | ↑ +46% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $158.10 | ↑ +46% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $158.10 | ↑ +46% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $158.10 | ↑ +46% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $159.60 | ↑ +48% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $186.09 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $187.57 | ↑ +73% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $187.57 | ↑ +73% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $187.57 | ↑ +73% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $307.87 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $307.87 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $307.87 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $325.17 | ↑ +201% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HEALTHCARE | $325.17 | ↑ +201% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $328.24 | ↑ +204% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $334.54 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $343.12 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $369.64 | ↑ +242% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $401.45 | ↑ +271% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $401.45 | ↑ +271% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $576.80 | ↑ +433% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $721.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Red blood cells each unit at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $416.55 | $48.05 – $348.43 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $108.15 | $40.69 – $328.24 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $416.07 | $48.05 – $348.43 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $416.07 | $48.05 – $348.43 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $416.07 | $71.79 – $348.43 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $416.04 | $48.05 – $348.43 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $106.26 | $40.69 – $239.17 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $108.15 | $40.69 – $361.37 |