CT scan for localization at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$559.65
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.
$3,731.00
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.
$100.45 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $3,731.00 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 | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $100.45 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $103.46 | ↓ -82% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $103.56 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $104.46 | ↓ -81% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $105.47 | ↓ -81% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $355.12 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $355.12 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $376.82 | ↓ -33% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $427.00 | ↓ -24% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $478.83 | ↓ -14% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $484.70 | ↓ -13% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $489.11 | ↓ -13% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $642.00 | ↑ +15% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $642.00 | ↑ +15% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $642.00 | ↑ +15% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $962.97 | ↑ +72% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,593.14 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,775.58 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,835.00 | ↑ +228% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,919.00 | ↑ +243% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,872.87 | ↑ +413% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3,026.00 | ↑ +441% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $3,731.00 | ↑ +567% |
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CT scan for localization at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $559.65 | $97.18 – $427.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $559.65 | $101.77 – $427.00 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $559.65 | $110.43 – $411.00 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $559.65 | $103.46 – $427.00 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $559.65 | $110.43 – $2,582.00 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $559.65 | $113.74 – $427.00 |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital | ELIZABETHTON | $559.65 | $110.43 – $2,582.00 |
| SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS | NASHVILLE | $11,023.73 | $237.16 – $459.25 |