Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at Indian Path Community Hospital
2000 BROOKSIDE DR., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1992813240
$8.70
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.
$58.00
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.
$2.48 with AMERIGROUP vs $58.00 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 | $2.48 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $4.95 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $5.10 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $5.15 | ↓ -41% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $5.15 | ↓ -41% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $5.20 | ↓ -40% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $5.20 | ↓ -40% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $5.20 | ↓ -40% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $5.25 | ↓ -40% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $5.45 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $5.61 | ↓ -36% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $5.61 | ↓ -36% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $5.67 | ↓ -35% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $5.67 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $6.31 | ↓ -27% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $6.93 | ↓ -20% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $10.71 | ↑ +23% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $10.71 | ↑ +23% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $10.79 | ↑ +24% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $10.83 | ↑ +24% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $11.88 | ↑ +37% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $19.90 | ↑ +129% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $19.90 | ↑ +129% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $19.90 | ↑ +129% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $20.02 | ↑ +130% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $20.30 | ↑ +133% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $27.61 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $28.15 | ↑ +224% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $28.15 | ↑ +224% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $37.00 | ↑ +325% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $43.50 | ↑ +400% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $58.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $8.70 | $2.48 – $11.88 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $27.45 | $1.78 – $19.17 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $61.87 | $3.62 – $146.30 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $29.90 | $4.31 – $9.90 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $88.41 | $3.62 – $146.30 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $8.70 | $2.48 – $10.79 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $27.45 | $3.47 – $19.17 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $27.45 | $3.47 – $19.17 |