Esophagus motility study at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$227.25
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.
$1,515.00
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.
$277.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,515.00 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 | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $277.00 | ↑ +22% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $289.00 | ↑ +27% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $330.30 | ↑ +45% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $344.00 | ↑ +51% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $354.00 | ↑ +56% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $354.00 | ↑ +56% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $354.00 | ↑ +56% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $354.00 | ↑ +56% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $354.00 | ↑ +56% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $354.00 | ↑ +56% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $354.00 | ↑ +56% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $354.00 | ↑ +56% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $361.08 | ↑ +59% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $368.16 | ↑ +62% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $368.16 | ↑ +62% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $371.70 | ↑ +64% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $371.70 | ↑ +64% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $371.70 | ↑ +64% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $371.70 | ↑ +64% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $371.70 | ↑ +64% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $375.24 | ↑ +65% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $391.02 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $449.35 | ↑ +98% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $462.83 | ↑ +104% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $463.28 | ↑ +104% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $467.32 | ↑ +106% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $471.82 | ↑ +108% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $528.00 | ↑ +132% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $631.76 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $631.76 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $631.76 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $646.91 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $720.99 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $727.03 | ↑ +220% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $771.71 | ↑ +240% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $772.44 | ↑ +240% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $849.59 | ↑ +274% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $908.73 | ↑ +300% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,166.55 | ↑ +413% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,515.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,515.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Esophagus motility study at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $227.25 | $330.30 – $812.54 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $405.26 | $25.02 – $969.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $227.25 | $330.30 – $759.10 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $546.59 | $25.02 – $701.16 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $546.59 | $25.02 – $701.16 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $546.59 | $37.38 – $701.16 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $546.59 | $25.02 – $711.42 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $227.25 | $238.29 – $759.10 |