Brach/thor cath 3rd at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$1,818.15
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.
$12,121.00
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.
$178.00 with BLUE CROSS vs $12,121.00 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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| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $178.00 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $183.00 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $183.00 | ↓ -90% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $277.00 | ↓ -85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $289.00 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $344.00 | ↓ -81% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $462.18 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $528.00 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $841.62 | ↓ -54% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $866.87 | ↓ -52% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $867.71 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $875.29 | ↓ -52% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $883.70 | ↓ -51% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $3,128.43 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $5,054.46 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $5,054.46 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $5,054.46 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $5,175.67 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $5,624.14 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $5,768.38 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $9,333.17 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $12,121.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Brach/thor cath 3rd at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $1,818.15 | $462.18 – $846.79 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $3,441.62 | $2,118.00 – $3,422.09 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,428.50 | $965.20 – $5,206.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $2,041.40 | $1,013.46 – $5,206.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $1,818.15 | $462.18 – $886.80 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $3,441.62 | $2,118.00 – $3,648.60 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $1,818.15 | $462.18 – $925.28 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $1,818.15 | $462.18 – $883.70 |