Brachy source palladium at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$33.15
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.
$221.00
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.
$47.98 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 | $47.98 | ↑ +45% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $57.04 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $88.26 | ↑ +166% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $88.26 | ↑ +166% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $88.26 | ↑ +166% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $88.26 | ↑ +166% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $88.26 | ↑ +166% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $88.26 | ↑ +166% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $88.26 | ↑ +166% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $88.26 | ↑ +166% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $88.40 | ↑ +167% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $90.03 | ↑ +172% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $91.79 | ↑ +177% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $91.79 | ↑ +177% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $92.16 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $92.16 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $92.16 | ↑ +178% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $92.67 | ↑ +180% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $92.67 | ↑ +180% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $92.67 | ↑ +180% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $92.67 | ↑ +180% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $92.67 | ↑ +180% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $93.56 | ↑ +182% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $105.17 | ↑ +217% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $106.08 | ↑ +220% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $110.50 | ↑ +233% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $168.32 | ↑ +408% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $170.17 | ↑ +413% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $178.83 | ↑ +439% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $192.41 | ↑ +480% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $210.38 | ↑ +535% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $211.82 | ↑ +539% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $221.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $221.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $4,124.25 | ↑ +12341% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $4,252.10 | ↑ +12727% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $4,289.22 | ↑ +12839% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $4,330.46 | ↑ +12963% |
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Brachy source palladium at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $40.85 | $27.60 – $138.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $58.38 | $28.98 – $138.00 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $33.15 | $28.79 – $4,534.20 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $33.15 | $47.98 – $4,252.10 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $33.15 | $39.99 – $4,674.76 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $17.04 – $82.30 |
| Roane County Medical Center | Harriman | not published | $36.61 – $82.30 |
| Claiborne Medical Center | Tazewell | not published | $36.61 – $88.14 |