Tracheobrnchsc thru est trachs incisn at Indian Path Community Hospital
2000 BROOKSIDE DR., KINGSPORT, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1992813240
$269.70
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.
$1,798.00
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.
$136.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,307.52 with MOLINA 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $136.00 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $172.01 | ↓ -36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $398.00 | ↑ +48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $455.00 | ↑ +69% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $489.32 | ↑ +81% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $489.32 | ↑ +81% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $489.32 | ↑ +81% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $489.32 | ↑ +81% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $489.32 | ↑ +81% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $489.32 | ↑ +81% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $489.32 | ↑ +81% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $489.32 | ↑ +81% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $489.32 | ↑ +81% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $489.32 | ↑ +81% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $504.00 | ↑ +87% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $508.89 | ↑ +89% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $508.89 | ↑ +89% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $513.78 | ↑ +91% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $513.78 | ↑ +91% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $513.78 | ↑ +91% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $518.68 | ↑ +92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $589.00 | ↑ +118% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $620.49 | ↑ +130% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $629.30 | ↑ +133% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,066.72 | ↑ +296% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,147.12 | ↑ +325% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,174.37 | ↑ +335% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,348.50 | ↑ +400% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,602.74 | ↑ +494% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,760.12 | ↑ +553% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,798.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,798.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,798.00 | ↑ +567% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $2,218.77 | ↑ +723% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $2,285.33 | ↑ +747% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $2,307.52 | ↑ +756% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $2,307.52 | ↑ +756% |
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Tracheobrnchsc thru est trachs incisn at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $269.70 | $172.01 – $2,364.56 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,404.29 | $438.94 – $1,141.72 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $302.22 | $204.20 – $714.70 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $292.33 | $404.56 – $930.02 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $431.89 | $214.41 – $714.70 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $269.70 | $172.01 – $2,323.63 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $1,860.63 | $323.33 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $1,860.63 | $323.33 – $1,004.50 |