Prep skin to 100cm2 trk/ext at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$311.40
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.
$2,076.00
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.
$535.82 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $2,076.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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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| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $535.82 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $701.12 | ↑ +125% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $701.12 | ↑ +125% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $701.12 | ↑ +125% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $701.12 | ↑ +125% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $701.12 | ↑ +125% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $701.12 | ↑ +125% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $701.12 | ↑ +125% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $701.12 | ↑ +125% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $715.14 | ↑ +130% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $729.17 | ↑ +134% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $729.17 | ↑ +134% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $736.18 | ↑ +136% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $736.18 | ↑ +136% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $736.18 | ↑ +136% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $736.18 | ↑ +136% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $736.18 | ↑ +136% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $743.19 | ↑ +139% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $775.00 | ↑ +149% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $775.00 | ↑ +149% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $886.45 | ↑ +185% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $948.00 | ↑ +204% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $987.97 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,055.00 | ↑ +239% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,077.00 | ↑ +246% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,103.00 | ↑ +254% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,280.39 | ↑ +311% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,318.80 | ↑ +324% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,320.08 | ↑ +324% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,331.61 | ↑ +328% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,344.41 | ↑ +332% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,439.95 | ↑ +362% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,528.45 | ↑ +391% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,529.90 | ↑ +391% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,598.52 | ↑ +413% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,682.69 | ↑ +440% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,799.83 | ↑ +478% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,861.00 | ↑ +498% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,956.00 | ↑ +528% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $2,076.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $2,076.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,076.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $2,076.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $2,076.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $2,076.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $2,076.00 | ↑ +567% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $311.40 | $450.88 – $1,609.30 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $2,270.92 | $1,534.40 – $5,370.40 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $586.96 | $1,453.17 – $3,340.62 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $3,245.26 | $1,611.12 – $5,370.40 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $311.40 | $463.74 – $1,503.46 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $305.44 | $686.73 – $1,478.04 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $311.40 | $414.69 – $1,503.46 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $311.40 | $701.12 – $1,682.69 |