Glucose blood by monitoring device cleared by fda for home use at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$4.05
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.
$27.00
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.
$1.64 with AMERIGROUP vs $27.00 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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| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $1.64 | ↓ -60% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1.99 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $3.28 | ↓ -19% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $3.35 | ↓ -17% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $3.41 | ↓ -16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $3.41 | ↓ -16% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $3.41 | ↓ -16% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $3.44 | ↓ -15% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $3.44 | ↓ -15% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $3.44 | ↓ -15% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $3.44 | ↓ -15% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $3.44 | ↓ -15% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $3.48 | ↓ -14% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $5.63 | ↑ +39% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $5.80 | ↑ +43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $5.80 | ↑ +43% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $5.86 | ↑ +45% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $5.91 | ↑ +46% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $6.97 | ↑ +72% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $7.15 | ↑ +77% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $7.22 | ↑ +78% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $7.57 | ↑ +87% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $7.57 | ↑ +87% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $7.87 | ↑ +94% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $9.44 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $9.44 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $9.44 | ↑ +133% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $10.43 | ↑ +158% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $10.56 | ↑ +161% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $10.66 | ↑ +163% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $11.25 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $11.53 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $12.85 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $20.79 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $27.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Glucose blood by monitoring device cleared by fda for home use at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $4.05 | $1.64 – $7.87 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $64.82 | $2.95 – $10.16 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $23.68 | $2.08 – $56.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $33.84 | $2.08 – $56.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $4.05 | $1.64 – $7.15 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $4.14 | $1.66 – $7.22 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $4.05 | $1.20 – $7.15 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $4.05 | $1.64 – $7.87 |