Acetylcholinesterase assay at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$19.50
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.
$130.00
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.
$6.15 with AMERIGROUP vs $130.00 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 |
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| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $6.15 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $9.49 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $12.29 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $12.48 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $12.54 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $12.78 | ↓ -34% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $12.78 | ↓ -34% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $12.78 | ↓ -34% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $12.85 | ↓ -34% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $12.87 | ↓ -34% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $12.90 | ↓ -34% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $12.90 | ↓ -34% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $12.90 | ↓ -34% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $12.90 | ↓ -34% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $12.90 | ↓ -34% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $12.98 | ↓ -33% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $13.03 | ↓ -33% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $13.10 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $25.43 | ↑ +30% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $25.43 | ↑ +30% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $26.79 | ↑ +37% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $27.43 | ↑ +41% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $29.50 | ↑ +51% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $33.55 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $35.90 | ↑ +84% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $44.92 | ↑ +130% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $44.92 | ↑ +130% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $44.92 | ↑ +130% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $49.68 | ↑ +155% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $50.29 | ↑ +158% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $50.75 | ↑ +160% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $55.51 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $61.87 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $100.10 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $130.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Acetylcholinesterase assay at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $19.32 | $7.91 – $27.43 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $19.50 | $5.53 – $26.79 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $19.50 | $6.15 – $29.50 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $19.50 | $6.15 – $26.79 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $4.42 – $42.91 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $7.83 – $42.91 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $7.83 – $42.91 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $7.83 – $42.91 |