Breath test analysis c-14 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.
$57.24 with UNITED HEALTHCARE 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $57.24 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $70.08 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $72.19 | ↓ -83% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $72.25 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $72.89 | ↓ -83% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $73.58 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $83.37 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $83.37 | ↓ -80% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $87.80 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $94.41 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $96.30 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $98.19 | ↓ -77% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $98.19 | ↓ -77% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $99.13 | ↓ -76% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $99.13 | ↓ -76% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $99.13 | ↓ -76% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $99.13 | ↓ -76% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $99.13 | ↓ -76% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $100.07 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $161.28 | ↓ -61% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $180.39 | ↓ -57% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $205.81 | ↓ -51% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $226.58 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $296.80 | ↓ -29% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $303.24 | ↓ -28% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $305.99 | ↓ -27% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $374.00 | ↓ -11% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $374.00 | ↓ -11% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $374.00 | ↓ -11% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $720.62 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $774.00 | ↑ +85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $810.00 | ↑ +93% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,192.18 | ↑ +185% |
| 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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Breath test analysis c-14 at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $418.80 | $34.34 – $205.81 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $418.80 | $57.24 – $226.58 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $418.80 | $47.70 – $205.81 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $33.99 – $245.60 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $47.22 – $245.60 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $47.22 – $245.60 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | not published | $47.22 – $245.60 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | not published | $71.87 – $245.60 |