Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$35.70
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.
$238.00
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.
$38.52 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $4,330.46 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $38.52 | ↑ +8% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $61.43 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $64.48 | ↑ +81% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $64.48 | ↑ +81% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $64.48 | ↑ +81% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $64.48 | ↑ +81% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $64.48 | ↑ +81% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $64.48 | ↑ +81% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $64.48 | ↑ +81% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $64.48 | ↑ +81% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $65.77 | ↑ +84% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $67.06 | ↑ +88% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $67.06 | ↑ +88% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $67.70 | ↑ +90% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $67.70 | ↑ +90% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $67.70 | ↑ +90% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $67.70 | ↑ +90% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $67.70 | ↑ +90% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $68.35 | ↑ +91% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $95.20 | ↑ +167% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $99.25 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $99.25 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $99.25 | ↑ +178% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $113.26 | ↑ +217% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $114.24 | ↑ +220% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $119.00 | ↑ +233% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $122.97 | ↑ +244% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $130.65 | ↑ +266% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $140.57 | ↑ +294% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $153.71 | ↑ +331% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $154.75 | ↑ +333% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $183.26 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $238.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $238.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $4,124.25 | ↑ +11453% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $4,252.10 | ↑ +11811% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $4,289.22 | ↑ +11915% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $4,330.46 | ↑ +12030% |
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Brachy source palladium-103 nonstranded at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $34.64 | $23.40 – $117.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $49.50 | $24.57 – $117.00 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $35.70 | $23.11 – $4,534.20 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $35.70 | $38.52 – $4,252.10 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $35.70 | $32.10 – $4,674.76 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $3.96 – $60.12 |
| Roane County Medical Center | Harriman | not published | $32.73 – $60.12 |
| Claiborne Medical Center | Tazewell | not published | $32.73 – $64.40 |