Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at Indian Path Community Hospital
2000 BROOKSIDE DR., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1992813240
$31.80
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.
$212.00
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.
$8.64 with AMERIGROUP vs $212.00 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 | $8.64 | ↓ -73% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $12.07 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $12.43 | ↓ -61% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $12.44 | ↓ -61% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $12.55 | ↓ -61% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $12.56 | ↓ -61% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $15.54 | ↓ -51% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $16.27 | ↓ -49% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $16.27 | ↓ -49% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $17.27 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $17.79 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $17.96 | ↓ -44% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $17.96 | ↓ -44% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $18.13 | ↓ -43% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $18.13 | ↓ -43% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $18.13 | ↓ -43% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $18.31 | ↓ -42% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $37.65 | ↑ +18% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $38.25 | ↑ +20% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $41.45 | ↑ +30% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $70.63 | ↑ +122% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $72.02 | ↑ +126% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $72.02 | ↑ +126% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $73.16 | ↑ +130% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $74.20 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $82.26 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $82.26 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $102.40 | ↑ +222% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $135.26 | ↑ +325% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $148.40 | ↑ +367% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $159.00 | ↑ +400% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $212.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Assay of interleukin-6 (il-6) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $31.80 | $8.64 – $41.45 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $54.59 | $15.54 – $30.40 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $13.34 | $14.03 – $34.54 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $31.80 | $8.64 – $37.65 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $54.59 | $15.54 – $36.44 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $54.59 | $15.54 – $36.44 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $54.59 | $15.54 – $36.44 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $54.59 | $15.54 – $35.40 |