Insert swan-ganz cath at Indian Path Community Hospital
2000 BROOKSIDE DR., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1992813240
$1,818.15
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.
$12,121.00
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.
$185.47 with BLUE CROSS vs $12,121.00 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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| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $185.47 | ↓ -90% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $185.47 | ↓ -90% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $737.00 | ↓ -59% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $907.83 | ↓ -50% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,054.00 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,204.00 | ↓ -34% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,426.42 | ↓ -22% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $1,428.19 | ↓ -21% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,428.19 | ↓ -21% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,428.19 | ↓ -21% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $1,428.19 | ↓ -21% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $1,428.19 | ↓ -21% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $1,428.19 | ↓ -21% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $1,428.19 | ↓ -21% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $1,428.19 | ↓ -21% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $1,428.19 | ↓ -21% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $1,428.19 | ↓ -21% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $1,469.21 | ↓ -19% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,469.22 | ↓ -19% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $1,471.04 | ↓ -19% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,483.48 | ↓ -18% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,483.48 | ↓ -18% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,485.32 | ↓ -18% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $1,485.32 | ↓ -18% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $1,499.60 | ↓ -18% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $1,499.60 | ↓ -18% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $1,499.60 | ↓ -18% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $1,513.88 | ↓ -17% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,560.00 | ↓ -14% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $2,469.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $2,521.00 | ↑ +39% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $2,521.00 | ↑ +39% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $3,113.45 | ↑ +71% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $3,190.00 | ↑ +75% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $3,427.66 | ↑ +89% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $4,182.96 | ↑ +130% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $4,242.35 | ↑ +133% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $4,677.93 | ↑ +157% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $4,702.95 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $4,702.95 | ↑ +159% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $5,137.27 | ↑ +183% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $5,624.14 | ↑ +209% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $5,768.50 | ↑ +217% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $5,854.44 | ↑ +222% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $7,733.20 | ↑ +325% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $9,090.75 | ↑ +400% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $12,121.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Insert swan-ganz cath at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $1,818.15 | $185.47 – $3,583.98 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,880.60 | $159.89 – $8,875.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,059.98 | $237.96 – $2,506.70 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $1,137.35 | $1,234.08 – $2,836.96 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,514.77 | $237.96 – $2,506.70 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $1,818.15 | $185.47 – $3,202.23 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $1,880.60 | $159.89 – $8,875.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $1,880.60 | $159.89 – $8,875.00 |