Doppler echo complete at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$224.25
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.
$1,495.00
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.
$60.67 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,495.00 with UNITED 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 | $60.67 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $60.67 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $61.72 | ↓ -72% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $141.09 | ↓ -37% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $144.00 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $144.00 | ↓ -36% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $385.86 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $587.84 | ↑ +162% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $605.48 | ↑ +170% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $606.06 | ↑ +170% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $611.36 | ↑ +173% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $617.23 | ↑ +175% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $623.42 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $623.42 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $623.42 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $638.37 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $693.68 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $711.47 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,151.15 | ↑ +413% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,495.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,495.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,495.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,495.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Doppler echo complete at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $224.25 | $60.67 – $591.45 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $351.80 | $52.30 – $74.43 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $312.58 | $77.84 – $989.00 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $341.55 | $52.30 – $53.68 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $446.69 | $77.84 – $989.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $224.25 | $60.67 – $619.40 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $689.00 | $52.30 – $74.43 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $689.00 | $52.30 – $78.45 |