Cath ablt rx lasr 2.0mm turbo at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$1,351.65
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.
$9,011.00
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.
$1,438.39 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $5,573.00 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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| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $1,438.39 | ↑ +6% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,710.91 | ↑ +27% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,800.08 | ↑ +33% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,800.08 | ↑ +33% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $2,323.94 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $2,323.94 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $2,323.94 | ↑ +72% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $2,379.67 | ↑ +76% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $2,585.87 | ↑ +91% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $2,652.19 | ↑ +96% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $3,901.10 | ↑ +189% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $4,291.21 | ↑ +217% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $5,573.00 | ↑ +312% |
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Cath ablt rx lasr 2.0mm turbo at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $1,351.65 | $1,710.91 – $1,710.91 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $1,351.65 | $1,710.91 – $1,710.91 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $1,351.65 | $1,710.91 – $1,710.91 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $4,560.00 | $509.60 – $13,680.00 |