Brachy src nonstrand c-131 at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$4,118.10
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.
$27,454.00
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.
$46.34 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $27,454.00 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 | $46.34 | ↓ -99% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $99.80 | ↓ -98% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $99.80 | ↓ -98% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $99.80 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $99.80 | ↓ -98% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $99.80 | ↓ -98% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $99.80 | ↓ -98% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $99.80 | ↓ -98% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $99.80 | ↓ -98% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $101.80 | ↓ -98% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $103.79 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $103.79 | ↓ -97% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $104.79 | ↓ -97% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $104.79 | ↓ -97% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $104.79 | ↓ -97% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $104.79 | ↓ -97% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $104.79 | ↓ -97% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $105.79 | ↓ -97% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $190.32 | ↓ -95% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $202.20 | ↓ -95% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $217.56 | ↓ -95% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $237.88 | ↓ -94% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $239.52 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,949.23 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,949.23 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $2,059.05 | ↓ -50% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $4,124.25 | ↑ +0% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $4,247.98 | ↑ +3% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $4,252.10 | ↑ +3% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $4,289.22 | ↑ +4% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $4,330.46 | ↑ +5% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $7,085.88 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $10,981.60 | ↑ +167% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $11,448.32 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $11,448.32 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $11,448.32 | ↑ +178% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $13,065.36 | ↑ +217% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $13,177.92 | ↑ +220% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $13,727.00 | ↑ +233% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $21,139.58 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $27,454.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Brachy src nonstrand c-131 at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $29.60 – $93.06 |
| Roane County Medical Center | Harriman | not published | $29.60 – $93.06 |
| Claiborne Medical Center | Tazewell | not published | $29.60 – $99.67 |
| LeConte Medical Center | Sevierville | not published | $29.60 – $99.67 |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center | Lenoir City | not published | $29.60 – $93.06 |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | not published | $29.60 – $93.06 |
| Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge | Oak Ridge | not published | $29.60 – $93.06 |
| Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. | Crossville | not published | $35.51 – $99.67 |