Drainage of kidney lesion at Indian Path Community Hospital
2000 BROOKSIDE DR., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1992813240
$369.45
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.
$2,463.00
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.
$484.70 with OPTIMA HEALTH vs $2,463.00 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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| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $484.70 | ↑ +31% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $499.24 | ↑ +35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $499.24 | ↑ +35% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $504.09 | ↑ +36% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $504.09 | ↑ +36% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $529.06 | ↑ +43% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $578.00 | ↑ +56% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $578.00 | ↑ +56% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $642.47 | ↑ +74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $642.47 | ↑ +74% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $642.47 | ↑ +74% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $642.47 | ↑ +74% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $642.47 | ↑ +74% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $642.47 | ↑ +74% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $642.47 | ↑ +74% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $642.47 | ↑ +74% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $642.47 | ↑ +74% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $642.47 | ↑ +74% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $661.74 | ↑ +79% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $668.17 | ↑ +81% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $668.17 | ↑ +81% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $674.59 | ↑ +83% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $674.59 | ↑ +83% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $674.59 | ↑ +83% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $681.02 | ↑ +84% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $704.00 | ↑ +91% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $737.00 | ↑ +99% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $849.98 | ↑ +130% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $862.05 | ↑ +133% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,054.00 | ↑ +185% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,204.00 | ↑ +226% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,266.00 | ↑ +243% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,266.00 | ↑ +243% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,400.59 | ↑ +279% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,406.00 | ↑ +281% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,463.00 | ↑ +296% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,541.93 | ↑ +317% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,560.00 | ↑ +322% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,571.39 | ↑ +325% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $1,770.00 | ↑ +379% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $1,807.00 | ↑ +389% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $1,807.00 | ↑ +389% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,847.25 | ↑ +400% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $2,104.36 | ↑ +470% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $2,311.00 | ↑ +526% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,463.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $2,463.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Drainage of kidney lesion at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $369.45 | $501.02 – $1,612.25 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,123.52 | $606.45 – $1,141.72 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $700.34 | $473.20 – $1,656.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,000.82 | $496.86 – $1,656.20 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $369.45 | $507.61 – $1,440.52 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $1,179.68 | $526.32 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,179.68 | $606.45 – $1,217.22 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $369.45 | $486.59 – $1,440.52 |