Contrast baths charges at Indian Path Community Hospital
2000 BROOKSIDE DR., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1992813240
$17.40
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.
$116.00
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.
$11.70 with BLUE CROSS vs $116.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $11.70 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $11.70 | ↓ -33% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $13.27 | ↓ -24% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $13.67 | ↓ -21% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $13.80 | ↓ -21% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $13.80 | ↓ -21% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $13.80 | ↓ -21% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $13.93 | ↓ -20% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $13.93 | ↓ -20% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $13.93 | ↓ -20% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $14.07 | ↓ -19% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $28.93 | ↑ +66% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $31.85 | ↑ +83% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $33.94 | ↑ +95% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $34.96 | ↑ +101% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $34.96 | ↑ +101% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $35.30 | ↑ +103% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $35.30 | ↑ +103% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $38.00 | ↑ +118% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $40.03 | ↑ +130% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $40.60 | ↑ +133% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $45.01 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $45.01 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $53.82 | ↑ +209% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $56.03 | ↑ +222% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $74.01 | ↑ +325% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $80.60 | ↑ +363% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $80.60 | ↑ +363% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $80.60 | ↑ +363% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $87.00 | ↑ +400% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $116.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $116.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $116.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $116.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $116.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Contrast baths charges at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $17.40 | $11.70 – $36.17 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $40.50 | $10.09 – $39.19 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $90.28 | $15.02 – $213.50 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $47.61 | $9.40 – $10.09 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $129.02 | $15.02 – $213.50 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $17.40 | $11.70 – $35.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $42.54 | $10.09 – $39.19 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $42.54 | $10.09 – $39.19 |