Budesonide non-comp unit at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$20.57
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.
$137.11
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.
$1.05 with BLUE CROSS vs $55.93 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 | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1.05 | ↓ -95% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1.05 | ↓ -95% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1.05 | ↓ -95% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $14.44 | ↓ -30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $17.17 | ↓ -17% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $18.07 | ↓ -12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $18.07 | ↓ -12% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $23.32 | ↑ +13% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $23.32 | ↑ +13% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $23.32 | ↑ +13% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $23.88 | ↑ +16% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $25.95 | ↑ +26% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $26.62 | ↑ +29% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $39.15 | ↑ +90% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $43.07 | ↑ +109% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $55.93 | ↑ +172% |
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Budesonide non-comp unit at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $20.57 | $1.05 – $20.81 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $22.85 | $21.87 – $21.87 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $8.81 | $17.17 – $17.17 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $20.57 | $1.05 – $17.17 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $22.85 | $20.26 – $20.26 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $20.57 | $1.05 – $17.17 |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital | ELIZABETHTON | $20.57 | $20.81 – $20.81 |
| HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER | DICKSON | $90.96 | $1.48 – $2.78 |