Brain image 4+ views at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$418.80
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.
$2,792.00
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.
$111.58 with BLUE CROSS vs $2,792.00 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 SELECT | $111.58 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $111.58 | ↓ -73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $144.39 | ↓ -66% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $200.64 | ↓ -52% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $301.54 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $462.28 | ↑ +10% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $476.15 | ↑ +14% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $476.61 | ↑ +14% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $480.77 | ↑ +15% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $485.39 | ↑ +16% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $506.79 | ↑ +21% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $515.09 | ↑ +23% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +23% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +23% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +23% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $515.09 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +23% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +23% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +23% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $517.77 | ↑ +24% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $522.48 | ↑ +25% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $525.39 | ↑ +25% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $535.69 | ↑ +28% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $535.69 | ↑ +28% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $540.84 | ↑ +29% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $540.84 | ↑ +29% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $540.84 | ↑ +29% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $540.84 | ↑ +29% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $540.84 | ↑ +29% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $545.99 | ↑ +30% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $720.62 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $774.00 | ↑ +85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $810.00 | ↑ +93% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $910.80 | ↑ +117% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $910.80 | ↑ +117% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $910.80 | ↑ +117% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,057.89 | ↑ +153% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,122.89 | ↑ +168% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,123.97 | ↑ +168% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,192.18 | ↑ +185% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,236.21 | ↑ +195% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,322.28 | ↑ +216% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,328.71 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,599.00 | ↑ +282% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,149.84 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,792.00 | ↑ +567% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $418.80 | $86.63 – $1,104.54 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $418.80 | $111.58 – $1,236.21 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $309.12 | $96.19 – $985.78 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $418.80 | $111.58 – $1,073.92 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $249.60 | $120.24 – $748.80 |
| Roane County Medical Center | Harriman | $274.56 | $120.24 – $748.80 |
| Claiborne Medical Center | Tazewell | $232.96 | $120.24 – $748.80 |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center | Lenoir City | $274.56 | $120.24 – $748.80 |