Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$112.20
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.
$748.00
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.
$51.38 with BLUE CROSS vs $748.00 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 | $51.38 | ↓ -54% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $51.38 | ↓ -54% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $66.54 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $87.77 | ↓ -22% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $89.58 | ↓ -20% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $89.58 | ↓ -20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $136.52 | ↑ +22% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $140.61 | ↑ +25% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $140.75 | ↑ +25% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $141.98 | ↑ +27% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $143.35 | ↑ +28% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $193.06 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $311.92 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $311.92 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $311.92 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $319.40 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $347.07 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $355.97 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $575.96 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $748.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $748.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $748.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $748.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $112.20 | $51.38 – $137.35 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $336.15 | $37.04 – $46.30 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $312.58 | $65.92 – $989.00 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $112.01 | $24.82 – $44.29 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $446.69 | $65.92 – $989.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $112.20 | $51.38 – $143.84 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $336.15 | $37.04 – $58.95 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $336.15 | $37.04 – $66.44 |