Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$706.80
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.
$4,712.00
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.
$171.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $3,141.00 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $171.00 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $471.00 | ↓ -33% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $491.00 | ↓ -31% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $595.09 | ↓ -16% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $595.09 | ↓ -16% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $595.09 | ↓ -16% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $595.09 | ↓ -16% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $595.09 | ↓ -16% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $595.09 | ↓ -16% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $595.09 | ↓ -16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $595.09 | ↓ -16% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $606.99 | ↓ -14% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $618.90 | ↓ -12% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $618.90 | ↓ -12% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $624.85 | ↓ -12% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $624.85 | ↓ -12% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $624.85 | ↓ -12% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $624.85 | ↓ -12% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $624.85 | ↓ -12% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $630.80 | ↓ -11% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $810.69 | ↑ +15% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $847.00 | ↑ +20% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,222.19 | ↑ +73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,264.94 | ↑ +79% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,297.30 | ↑ +84% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,298.54 | ↑ +84% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,302.89 | ↑ +84% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,304.15 | ↑ +85% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,315.54 | ↑ +86% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,328.19 | ↑ +88% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,341.21 | ↑ +90% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,428.22 | ↑ +102% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,494.80 | ↑ +111% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,527.65 | ↑ +116% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $2,198.70 | ↑ +211% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,418.57 | ↑ +242% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $3,141.00 | ↑ +344% |
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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $706.80 | $569.14 – $1,365.93 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $910.11 | $532.90 – $1,141.72 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $970.29 | $655.60 – $2,294.60 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $251.62 | $491.16 – $1,129.10 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,386.60 | $688.38 – $2,294.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $706.80 | $585.36 – $1,281.58 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $910.11 | $532.90 – $1,217.22 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $693.68 | $1,307.86 – $1,460.21 |