Osmolality blood at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$11.70
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.
$78.00
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.
$3.31 with AMERIGROUP vs $78.00 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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| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $3.31 | ↓ -72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $5.62 | ↓ -52% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $5.63 | ↓ -52% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $5.80 | ↓ -50% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $5.80 | ↓ -50% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $5.86 | ↓ -50% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $5.91 | ↓ -49% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $6.61 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $6.74 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $6.87 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $6.87 | ↓ -41% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $6.87 | ↓ -41% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $6.94 | ↓ -41% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $6.94 | ↓ -41% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $6.94 | ↓ -41% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $6.94 | ↓ -41% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $6.94 | ↓ -41% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $7.01 | ↓ -40% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $14.41 | ↑ +23% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $14.44 | ↑ +23% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $14.45 | ↑ +24% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $14.45 | ↑ +24% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $15.86 | ↑ +36% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $20.13 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $23.40 | ↑ +100% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $26.57 | ↑ +127% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $26.57 | ↑ +127% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $26.57 | ↑ +127% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $29.41 | ↑ +151% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $29.77 | ↑ +154% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $30.04 | ↑ +157% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $33.31 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $37.12 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $60.06 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $78.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Osmolality blood at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $11.70 | $3.31 – $15.86 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $48.39 | $2.38 – $25.96 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $29.90 | $5.87 – $70.70 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $37.49 | $5.75 – $13.22 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $42.73 | $5.87 – $70.70 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $11.70 | $3.31 – $14.41 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $48.57 | $4.63 – $25.96 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $48.57 | $4.63 – $25.96 |