Insert sq defib electrode at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$3,993.30
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.
$26,622.00
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.
$1,571.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $26,622.00 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 | $1,571.00 | ↓ -61% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,642.00 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,903.69 | ↓ -52% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,960.80 | ↓ -51% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,962.70 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,979.84 | ↓ -50% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,998.87 | ↓ -50% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3,097.00 | ↓ -22% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3,927.20 | ↓ -2% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $6,871.14 | ↑ +72% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $7,850.46 | ↑ +97% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $7,850.46 | ↑ +97% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $7,850.46 | ↑ +97% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $7,850.46 | ↑ +97% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $7,850.46 | ↑ +97% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $7,850.46 | ↑ +97% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $7,850.46 | ↑ +97% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $7,850.46 | ↑ +97% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $8,007.47 | ↑ +101% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $8,164.48 | ↑ +104% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $8,164.48 | ↑ +104% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $8,242.99 | ↑ +106% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $8,242.99 | ↑ +106% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $8,242.99 | ↑ +106% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $8,242.99 | ↑ +106% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $8,242.99 | ↑ +106% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $8,321.49 | ↑ +108% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $9,585.00 | ↑ +140% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $9,802.00 | ↑ +145% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $9,802.00 | ↑ +145% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $11,101.37 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $11,101.37 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $11,101.37 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $11,367.59 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $12,352.61 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $12,669.41 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $16,123.12 | ↑ +304% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $17,114.01 | ↑ +329% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $17,130.29 | ↑ +329% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $18,635.40 | ↑ +367% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $18,841.11 | ↑ +372% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $20,152.74 | ↑ +405% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $20,498.94 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $26,622.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Insert sq defib electrode at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $4,069.53 | $6,190.50 – $14,952.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $4,629.74 | $3,128.20 – $10,948.70 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $3,856.64 | $2,685.00 – $15,113.92 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $6,616.15 | $3,284.61 – $10,948.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $4,069.53 | $6,190.50 – $15,244.00 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $3,993.30 | $1,571.00 – $16,834.22 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $3,993.30 | $1,571.00 – $18,841.11 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $3,521.28 | $7,199.39 – $15,156.62 |