Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$184.92
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.
$1,232.79
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.
$4.07 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,156.44 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 | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $4.07 | ↓ -98% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $8.31 | ↓ -96% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $29.24 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $30.20 | ↓ -84% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $31.97 | ↓ -83% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $31.97 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $31.97 | ↓ -83% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $31.97 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $31.97 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $31.97 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $31.97 | ↓ -83% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $31.97 | ↓ -83% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $32.60 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $33.24 | ↓ -82% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $33.24 | ↓ -82% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $33.56 | ↓ -82% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $33.56 | ↓ -82% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $33.56 | ↓ -82% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $33.56 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $33.56 | ↓ -82% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $33.88 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $35.75 | ↓ -81% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $36.88 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $37.70 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $37.70 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $43.87 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $43.87 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $50.42 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $50.42 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $50.42 | ↓ -73% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $52.82 | ↓ -71% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $69.68 | ↓ -62% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $76.72 | ↓ -59% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $133.62 | ↓ -28% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $137.63 | ↓ -26% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $137.76 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $138.97 | ↓ -25% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $140.30 | ↓ -24% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $298.48 | ↑ +61% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $482.24 | ↑ +161% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $482.24 | ↑ +161% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $482.24 | ↑ +161% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $493.80 | ↑ +167% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $550.35 | ↑ +198% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $890.46 | ↑ +382% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,156.44 | ↑ +525% |
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Penicillin g benzathine 1,200,000 unit/2 ml intramuscular syringe at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $184.92 | $4.07 – $129.27 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $54.63 | $16.13 – $52.23 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $332.29 | $9.70 – $785.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $474.85 | $9.70 – $785.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $184.92 | $4.07 – $135.38 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $54.63 | $16.13 – $52.23 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $63.08 | $16.13 – $52.23 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $63.08 | $16.13 – $50.94 |