Cefotaxime sodium injection at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$2.93
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.
$19.50
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.
$5.03 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $19.50 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 | $5.03 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $5.99 | ↑ +104% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $6.30 | ↑ +115% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $6.30 | ↑ +115% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $8.13 | ↑ +177% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $8.13 | ↑ +177% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $8.13 | ↑ +177% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $8.33 | ↑ +184% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $9.05 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $9.28 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $11.38 | ↑ +288% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $15.02 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $19.50 | ↑ +566% |
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Cefotaxime sodium injection at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $20.06 | $9.76 – $14.83 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $2.93 | $7.62 – $11.38 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $18.32 | $9.76 – $14.83 |
| 62-1138045 BMH Union City | Union City | $17.45 | $9.76 – $12.10 |
| CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY | Ashland City | not published | $11.77 – $19.48 |
| HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER | HENDERSONVILLE | not published | $11.77 – $19.48 |
| HORIZON MEDICAL CENTER | DICKSON | not published | $11.77 – $19.48 |
| NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER | SPRINGFIELD | not published | $11.77 – $19.48 |