Gastric emptying imag study at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$418.80
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.
$2,792.00
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.
$199.59 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,792.00 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 | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $199.59 | ↓ -52% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $310.25 | ↓ -26% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $310.25 | ↓ -26% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $379.24 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -9% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -9% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -9% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $379.24 | ↓ -9% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -9% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $386.83 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $394.41 | ↓ -6% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $394.41 | ↓ -6% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $398.21 | ↓ -5% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $398.21 | ↓ -5% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $398.21 | ↓ -5% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $398.21 | ↓ -5% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $398.21 | ↓ -5% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $402.00 | ↓ -4% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $462.28 | ↑ +10% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $476.15 | ↑ +14% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $476.61 | ↑ +14% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $480.77 | ↑ +15% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $485.39 | ↑ +16% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $589.16 | ↑ +41% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $720.62 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $774.00 | ↑ +85% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $778.89 | ↑ +86% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $810.00 | ↑ +93% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $826.75 | ↑ +97% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $827.54 | ↑ +98% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $910.18 | ↑ +117% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $973.56 | ↑ +132% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $1,063.35 | ↑ +154% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $1,086.39 | ↑ +159% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $1,096.27 | ↑ +162% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,164.26 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,164.26 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,164.26 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,192.18 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,328.71 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,599.00 | ↑ +282% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,954.40 | ↑ +367% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,149.84 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,792.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Gastric emptying imag study at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $570.86 | $267.46 – $733.84 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $418.80 | $119.75 – $813.24 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $418.80 | $199.59 – $910.18 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $521.22 | $267.46 – $735.92 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $418.80 | $166.33 – $790.69 |
| Claiborne Medical Center | Tazewell | $370.16 | $155.30 – $1,189.80 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $267.46 – $965.44 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $164.67 – $965.44 |