After cataract laser surgery at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$251.55
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.
$1,677.00
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.
$432.83 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $1,677.00 with CIGNA 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 |
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| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $432.83 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $521.76 | ↑ +107% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $521.76 | ↑ +107% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $521.76 | ↑ +107% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $521.76 | ↑ +107% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $521.76 | ↑ +107% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $521.76 | ↑ +107% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $521.76 | ↑ +107% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $521.76 | ↑ +107% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $532.19 | ↑ +112% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $542.63 | ↑ +116% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $542.63 | ↑ +116% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $547.84 | ↑ +118% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $547.84 | ↑ +118% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $547.84 | ↑ +118% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $547.84 | ↑ +118% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $547.84 | ↑ +118% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $553.06 | ↑ +120% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $603.00 | ↑ +140% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $650.00 | ↑ +158% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $679.00 | ↑ +170% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $716.08 | ↑ +185% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $720.48 | ↑ +186% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $742.09 | ↑ +195% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $742.81 | ↑ +195% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $749.30 | ↑ +198% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $756.50 | ↑ +201% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $775.00 | ↑ +208% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $775.00 | ↑ +208% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $798.08 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $804.00 | ↑ +220% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $821.00 | ↑ +226% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $821.00 | ↑ +226% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $948.00 | ↑ +277% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,071.57 | ↑ +326% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,101.00 | ↑ +338% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,137.43 | ↑ +352% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,138.51 | ↑ +353% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,252.21 | ↑ +398% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,291.29 | ↑ +413% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,339.39 | ↑ +432% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,677.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,677.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,677.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,677.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,677.00 | ↑ +567% |
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After cataract laser surgery at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $251.55 | $450.68 – $1,197.60 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,473.14 | $472.85 – $1,534.53 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $251.55 | $463.53 – $1,118.83 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $251.55 | $414.50 – $1,118.83 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $251.55 | $521.76 – $1,252.21 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $251.55 | $407.65 – $1,088.63 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $251.55 | $499.00 – $1,087.82 |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital | ELIZABETHTON | $251.55 | $450.68 – $1,087.82 |