Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$406.65
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.
$2,711.00
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.
$578.00 with BLUE CROSS vs $2,711.00 with CIGNA HEALTHCARE — 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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| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $578.00 | ↑ +42% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $578.00 | ↑ +42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $603.00 | ↑ +48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $650.00 | ↑ +60% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $679.00 | ↑ +67% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $697.50 | ↑ +72% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $699.71 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $718.42 | ↑ +77% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $719.12 | ↑ +77% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $725.40 | ↑ +78% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $732.38 | ↑ +80% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $743.67 | ↑ +83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $743.67 | ↑ +83% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $743.67 | ↑ +83% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $743.67 | ↑ +83% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $743.67 | ↑ +83% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $743.67 | ↑ +83% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $743.67 | ↑ +83% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $743.67 | ↑ +83% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $758.54 | ↑ +87% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $773.41 | ↑ +90% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $773.41 | ↑ +90% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $780.85 | ↑ +92% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $780.85 | ↑ +92% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $780.85 | ↑ +92% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $780.85 | ↑ +92% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $780.85 | ↑ +92% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $788.29 | ↑ +94% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $804.00 | ↑ +98% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $821.00 | ↑ +102% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $821.00 | ↑ +102% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,101.00 | ↑ +171% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,157.60 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,290.16 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,523.00 | ↑ +275% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,527.32 | ↑ +276% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,621.20 | ↑ +299% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,622.73 | ↑ +299% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,784.80 | ↑ +339% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,909.04 | ↑ +369% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,087.47 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,711.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $2,711.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $2,711.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $2,711.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $2,711.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $406.65 | $628.42 – $1,706.95 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,403.30 | $680.98 – $1,974.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $842.12 | $450.80 – $1,577.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,203.44 | $473.34 – $1,577.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $406.65 | $646.34 – $1,594.69 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $779.97 | $307.14 – $1,985.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $779.97 | $307.14 – $1,985.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,403.30 | $680.98 – $1,985.50 |