Ecg external < 48 hours recording at Indian Path Community Hospital
2000 BROOKSIDE DR., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1992813240
$247.50
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.
$1,650.00
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.
$43.88 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,650.00 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 | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $43.88 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $43.88 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $52.85 | ↓ -79% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $58.85 | ↓ -76% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $71.12 | ↓ -71% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $73.25 | ↓ -70% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $73.25 | ↓ -70% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $73.96 | ↓ -70% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $73.96 | ↓ -70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $81.09 | ↓ -67% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $81.09 | ↓ -67% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $81.09 | ↓ -67% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $97.01 | ↓ -61% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $113.47 | ↓ -54% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $113.47 | ↓ -54% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $113.47 | ↓ -54% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $120.71 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $120.71 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $120.71 | ↓ -51% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $120.71 | ↓ -51% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $120.71 | ↓ -51% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $120.71 | ↓ -51% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $120.71 | ↓ -51% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $120.71 | ↓ -51% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $120.71 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $120.71 | ↓ -51% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $124.33 | ↓ -50% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $125.54 | ↓ -49% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $125.54 | ↓ -49% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $126.75 | ↓ -49% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $126.75 | ↓ -49% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $126.75 | ↓ -49% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $127.95 | ↓ -48% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $263.15 | ↑ +6% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $289.71 | ↑ +17% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $395.39 | ↑ +60% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $434.22 | ↑ +75% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $487.57 | ↑ +97% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $569.42 | ↑ +130% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $577.50 | ↑ +133% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $695.00 | ↑ +181% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $765.60 | ↑ +209% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $794.00 | ↑ +221% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,029.00 | ↑ +316% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,052.70 | ↑ +325% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,237.50 | ↑ +400% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,650.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $247.50 | $39.23 – $302.92 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $349.70 | $37.83 – $172.83 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $232.66 | $54.93 – $550.20 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $201.71 | $37.83 – $235.40 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $332.48 | $54.93 – $550.20 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $247.50 | $43.88 – $270.65 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $377.12 | $32.70 – $170.34 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $395.99 | $32.70 – $170.34 |