Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$447.90
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.
$2,986.00
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.
$603.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,986.00 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 | $603.00 | ↑ +35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $650.00 | ↑ +45% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $669.64 | ↑ +50% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $669.64 | ↑ +50% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $669.64 | ↑ +50% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $669.64 | ↑ +50% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $669.64 | ↑ +50% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $669.64 | ↑ +50% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $669.64 | ↑ +50% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $669.64 | ↑ +50% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $679.00 | ↑ +52% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $683.03 | ↑ +52% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $696.42 | ↑ +55% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $696.42 | ↑ +55% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $703.12 | ↑ +57% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $703.12 | ↑ +57% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $703.12 | ↑ +57% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $703.12 | ↑ +57% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $703.12 | ↑ +57% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $709.81 | ↑ +58% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $770.69 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $775.00 | ↑ +73% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $775.00 | ↑ +73% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $804.00 | ↑ +80% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $821.00 | ↑ +83% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $821.00 | ↑ +83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $955.54 | ↑ +113% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $984.20 | ↑ +120% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $985.16 | ↑ +120% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $993.76 | ↑ +122% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,003.32 | ↑ +124% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,101.00 | ↑ +146% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,275.02 | ↑ +185% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,375.29 | ↑ +207% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,421.04 | ↑ +217% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,459.80 | ↑ +226% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,461.20 | ↑ +226% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,463.00 | ↑ +227% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,523.00 | ↑ +240% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,607.12 | ↑ +259% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,719.01 | ↑ +284% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,932.00 | ↑ +331% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,932.00 | ↑ +331% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,932.00 | ↑ +331% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,299.22 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,986.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $447.90 | $501.84 – $1,537.03 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,002.87 | $596.91 – $998.50 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $392.80 | $265.40 – $928.90 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $434.93 | $550.14 – $1,264.70 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $561.33 | $278.67 – $928.90 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $447.90 | $516.15 – $1,435.94 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $984.14 | $588.30 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $984.14 | $588.30 – $1,004.50 |