Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$3,467.70
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.
$23,118.03
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.
$20.46 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,635.17 with MOLINA HEALTHCARE — 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 | $20.46 | ↓ -99% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $20.46 | ↓ -99% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $37.21 | ↓ -99% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $236.94 | ↓ -93% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $382.81 | ↓ -89% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $382.81 | ↓ -89% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $382.81 | ↓ -89% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $391.99 | ↓ -89% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $436.88 | ↓ -87% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $706.86 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $814.75 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $814.75 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $814.75 | ↓ -77% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $918.00 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $918.00 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $918.00 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $918.00 | ↓ -74% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $918.00 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $918.00 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $918.00 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $918.00 | ↓ -74% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $918.00 | ↓ -74% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $918.00 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,557.30 | ↓ -55% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,605.58 | ↓ -54% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,619.60 | ↓ -53% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,635.17 | ↓ -53% |
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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $3,467.70 | $20.46 – $1,566.86 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $6,731.51 | $17.64 – $3,706.18 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,283.33 | $26.25 – $2,357.18 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $957.48 | $17.64 – $2,284.82 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,833.94 | $26.25 – $2,357.18 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $3,467.70 | $20.46 – $1,640.90 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $6,731.51 | $17.64 – $2,277.94 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $6,731.51 | $17.64 – $2,277.94 |