Prep skn trk/ext adl 100cm2 at Indian Path Community Hospital

2000 BROOKSIDE DR., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1992813240

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$45.00

Cash price

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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.

$300.00

Gross charge

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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.

$60.59 with BLUE CROSS vs $493.52 with AETNA — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $60.59 ↑ +35%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $103.53 ↑ +130%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $105.00 ↑ +133%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $111.60 ↑ +148%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $116.40 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $116.40 ↑ +159%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $117.30 ↑ +161%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $117.30 ↑ +161%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $139.20 ↑ +209%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $142.80 ↑ +217%
AETNA AETNA $191.40 ↑ +325%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $216.00 ↑ +380%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $216.00 ↑ +380%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $216.00 ↑ +380%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $225.00 ↑ +400%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $300.00 ↑ +567%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $300.00 ↑ +567%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $474.54 ↑ +955%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $488.78 ↑ +986%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $493.52 ↑ +997%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $493.52 ↑ +997%

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Prep skn trk/ext adl 100cm2 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $306.82 $36.27 – $98.00
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $341.04 $36.27 – $1,791.17
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $67.65 $92.25 – $184.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $128.34 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $128.34 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $128.34 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $128.34 – $2,225.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $128.34 – $2,225.50

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