Auditory function + 15 min at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$4.80
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.
$32.00
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.
$8.26 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $368.42 with MOLINA 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 | $8.26 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $9.87 | ↑ +106% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $9.98 | ↑ +108% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $9.98 | ↑ +108% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $13.34 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $13.34 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $13.34 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $13.66 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $14.85 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $15.23 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $24.64 | ↑ +413% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $32.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $32.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $32.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $32.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $32.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $32.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $32.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $32.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $350.88 | ↑ +7210% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $361.76 | ↑ +7437% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $364.91 | ↑ +7502% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $368.42 | ↑ +7575% |
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Auditory function + 15 min at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $4.80 | $9.87 – $385.76 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $4.80 | $9.87 – $368.42 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $4.80 | $9.87 – $405.05 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $8.60 – $49.24 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $8.60 – $49.24 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $8.60 – $49.24 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $12.85 – $49.24 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | not published | $8.60 – $49.24 |