3-d radiotherapy plan at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$1,404.15
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.
$9,361.00
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.
$481.81 with CIGNA HEALTHCARE vs $9,361.00 with WELLCARE — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $481.81 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $572.12 | ↓ -59% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $758.86 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $775.30 | ↓ -45% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $782.35 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $814.04 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $906.25 | ↓ -35% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $906.25 | ↓ -35% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $1,313.06 | ↓ -6% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,313.06 | ↓ -6% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,313.06 | ↓ -6% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $1,313.06 | ↓ -6% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $1,313.06 | ↓ -6% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $1,313.06 | ↓ -6% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $1,313.06 | ↓ -6% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $1,313.06 | ↓ -6% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,325.21 | ↓ -6% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $1,339.32 | ↓ -5% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,350.00 | ↓ -4% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,364.97 | ↓ -3% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $1,365.58 | ↓ -3% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $1,365.58 | ↓ -3% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,366.29 | ↓ -3% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,378.22 | ↓ -2% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $1,378.71 | ↓ -2% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $1,378.71 | ↓ -2% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,378.71 | ↓ -2% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $1,378.71 | ↓ -2% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $1,378.71 | ↓ -2% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,391.47 | ↓ -1% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $1,391.84 | ↓ -1% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,411.00 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,224.00 | ↑ +58% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $2,416.07 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $2,696.73 | ↑ +92% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $2,862.47 | ↑ +104% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $2,865.19 | ↑ +104% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $3,151.34 | ↑ +124% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $3,370.72 | ↑ +140% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $3,608.89 | ↑ +157% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $3,608.89 | ↑ +157% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $3,608.89 | ↑ +157% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $3,997.15 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $4,454.90 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $7,207.97 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $9,361.00 | ↑ +567% |
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3-d radiotherapy plan at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $1,404.15 | $481.81 – $3,013.89 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,717.29 | $277.23 – $781.25 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $2,579.35 | $413.49 – $6,099.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $3,686.03 | $413.49 – $6,099.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $1,404.15 | $481.81 – $2,815.67 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,717.29 | $277.23 – $781.25 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $1,404.15 | $343.27 – $2,815.67 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $1,404.15 | $481.81 – $3,151.34 |