Brachytx isodose complex at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$261.75
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.
$1,745.00
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.
$170.64 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,745.00 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 | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $170.64 | ↓ -35% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $170.64 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $188.66 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $222.66 | ↓ -15% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $229.34 | ↓ -12% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $229.56 | ↓ -12% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $231.56 | ↓ -12% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $233.79 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $355.20 | ↑ +36% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $355.20 | ↑ +36% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $355.20 | ↑ +36% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $355.20 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $355.20 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $355.20 | ↑ +36% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $355.20 | ↑ +36% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $355.20 | ↑ +36% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $362.31 | ↑ +38% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $369.41 | ↑ +41% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $369.41 | ↑ +41% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $372.96 | ↑ +42% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $372.96 | ↑ +42% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $372.96 | ↑ +42% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $372.96 | ↑ +42% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $372.96 | ↑ +42% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $376.52 | ↑ +44% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $450.38 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $577.77 | ↑ +121% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $584.82 | ↑ +123% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $597.50 | ↑ +128% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $602.93 | ↑ +130% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $727.67 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $727.67 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $727.67 | ↑ +178% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $729.50 | ↑ +179% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $745.12 | ↑ +185% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $774.34 | ↑ +196% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $775.07 | ↑ +196% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $830.45 | ↑ +217% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $852.49 | ↑ +226% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $911.82 | ↑ +248% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,221.50 | ↑ +367% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,343.65 | ↑ +413% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,350.00 | ↑ +416% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,411.00 | ↑ +439% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,745.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,745.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Brachytx isodose complex at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $571.73 | $147.10 – $650.48 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $616.28 | $205.32 – $1,457.40 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $880.69 | $205.32 – $1,457.40 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $571.73 | $147.10 – $637.56 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $261.75 | $113.19 – $761.68 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $261.75 | $170.64 – $852.49 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $621.60 | $147.10 – $670.42 |
| 62-1138045 BMH Union City | Union City | $569.20 | $284.26 – $668.54 |