Immobilizer shldr dlx str 24-36in med at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$12.45
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.
$83.00
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.
$21.42 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $170.88 with AMBETTER — 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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| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $21.42 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $25.48 | ↑ +105% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $26.81 | ↑ +115% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $26.81 | ↑ +115% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $34.61 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $34.61 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $34.61 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $35.44 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $38.51 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $39.50 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $58.10 | ↑ +367% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $63.91 | ↑ +413% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $72.90 | ↑ +486% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $77.23 | ↑ +520% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $77.23 | ↑ +520% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $77.23 | ↑ +520% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $78.38 | ↑ +530% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $78.38 | ↑ +530% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $78.38 | ↑ +530% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $78.38 | ↑ +530% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $78.38 | ↑ +530% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $78.38 | ↑ +530% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $78.38 | ↑ +530% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $78.38 | ↑ +530% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $79.95 | ↑ +542% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $81.52 | ↑ +555% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $81.52 | ↑ +555% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $82.30 | ↑ +561% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $82.30 | ↑ +561% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $82.30 | ↑ +561% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $82.30 | ↑ +561% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $82.30 | ↑ +561% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $83.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $83.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $83.09 | ↑ +567% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $170.88 | ↑ +1273% |
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Immobilizer shldr dlx str 24-36in med at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $24.86 | $72.18 – $72.18 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $24.69 | $72.18 – $72.18 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $24.68 | $72.18 – $72.18 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $25.94 | $72.18 – $72.18 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $12.45 | $25.48 – $170.88 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $12.45 | $25.48 – $170.88 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $12.45 | $25.48 – $170.88 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $52.76 | $29.97 – $128.46 |