Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$452.25
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.
$3,015.00
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.
$251.74 with BLUE CROSS vs $3,015.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $251.74 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $251.74 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $340.93 | ↓ -25% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $403.49 | ↓ -11% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $671.97 | ↑ +49% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $774.00 | ↑ +71% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $778.17 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $810.00 | ↑ +79% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,139.31 | ↑ +152% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,173.49 | ↑ +159% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,174.63 | ↑ +160% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $1,177.59 | ↑ +160% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,184.88 | ↑ +162% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,196.28 | ↑ +165% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $1,203.11 | ↑ +166% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $1,214.05 | ↑ +168% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $1,228.17 | ↑ +172% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $1,228.17 | ↑ +172% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,228.17 | ↑ +172% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $1,228.17 | ↑ +172% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $1,228.17 | ↑ +172% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,228.17 | ↑ +172% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $1,228.17 | ↑ +172% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $1,228.17 | ↑ +172% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $1,252.73 | ↑ +177% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $1,277.30 | ↑ +182% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $1,277.30 | ↑ +182% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,287.41 | ↑ +185% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $1,289.58 | ↑ +185% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $1,289.58 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $1,289.58 | ↑ +185% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $1,289.58 | ↑ +185% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,289.58 | ↑ +185% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $1,301.86 | ↑ +188% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,434.84 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,599.00 | ↑ +254% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,321.55 | ↑ +413% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $2,522.40 | ↑ +458% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $2,545.18 | ↑ +463% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $2,545.18 | ↑ +463% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $2,545.18 | ↑ +463% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $2,677.41 | ↑ +492% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $2,679.97 | ↑ +493% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $2,947.61 | ↑ +552% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $3,015.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $3,015.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $452.25 | $251.74 – $2,819.04 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $2,450.22 | $217.02 – $2,035.50 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,669.74 | $322.99 – $3,948.70 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $1,612.76 | $217.02 – $2,384.12 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $2,386.15 | $322.99 – $3,948.70 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $452.25 | $251.74 – $2,633.64 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $1,179.32 | $217.02 – $2,035.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $1,179.32 | $217.02 – $2,035.50 |