Remove ureter stent percut at Holston Valley Medical Center
130 W. RAVINE RD., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1487690400
$9,426.90
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.
$62,846.00
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.
$704.00 with BLUE CROSS vs $62,846.00 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 | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $704.00 | ↓ -93% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $775.00 | ↓ -92% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $775.00 | ↓ -92% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,463.00 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,593.00 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,865.72 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,921.69 | ↓ -80% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,923.56 | ↓ -80% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,932.00 | ↓ -80% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,932.00 | ↓ -80% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,932.00 | ↓ -80% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,940.35 | ↓ -79% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,959.01 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $1,983.05 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,983.05 | ↓ -79% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $1,983.05 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $1,983.05 | ↓ -79% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,983.05 | ↓ -79% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $1,983.05 | ↓ -79% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $1,983.05 | ↓ -79% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $1,983.05 | ↓ -79% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $2,022.71 | ↓ -79% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $2,062.37 | ↓ -78% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $2,062.37 | ↓ -78% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $2,082.20 | ↓ -78% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $2,082.20 | ↓ -78% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $2,082.20 | ↓ -78% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $2,082.20 | ↓ -78% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $2,082.20 | ↓ -78% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $2,102.03 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $2,436.00 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $2,547.00 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $3,544.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $3,624.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $3,624.00 | ↓ -62% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $4,072.75 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $4,296.00 | ↓ -54% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $4,323.04 | ↓ -54% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $4,327.17 | ↓ -54% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $4,759.31 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $5,090.65 | ↓ -46% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $16,220.55 | ↑ +72% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $26,835.24 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $29,908.41 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $48,391.42 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $62,846.00 | ↑ +567% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $9,426.90 | $1,566.06 – $4,551.72 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $2,934.72 | $733.50 – $1,534.53 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $2,198.69 | $1,485.60 – $5,199.60 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $3,142.05 | $1,559.88 – $5,199.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $9,426.90 | $1,610.72 – $4,252.37 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $2,934.72 | $954.50 – $1,636.56 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $9,426.90 | $2,051.18 – $12,245.42 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $9,426.90 | $1,921.69 – $4,759.31 |