Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
851 LOCUST ST, ROGERSVILLE, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1174553598
$65.85
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.
$439.00
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.
$22.19 with BLUE CROSS vs $439.00 with SEVEN CORNERS, INC. — 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 CARE | $22.19 | ↓ -66% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $22.19 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $22.40 | ↓ -66% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $37.52 | ↓ -43% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $54.87 | ↓ -17% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $70.59 | ↑ +7% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $72.14 | ↑ +10% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $72.14 | ↑ +10% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $78.85 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $78.85 | ↑ +20% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $78.92 | ↑ +20% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $79.61 | ↑ +21% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $80.38 | ↑ +22% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $94.85 | ↑ +44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $94.85 | ↑ +44% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $94.85 | ↑ +44% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $94.85 | ↑ +44% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $94.85 | ↑ +44% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $94.85 | ↑ +44% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $94.85 | ↑ +44% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $94.85 | ↑ +44% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $97.70 | ↑ +48% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $98.65 | ↑ +50% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $98.65 | ↑ +50% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $99.59 | ↑ +51% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $99.59 | ↑ +51% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $99.59 | ↑ +51% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $99.59 | ↑ +51% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $99.59 | ↑ +51% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $100.54 | ↑ +53% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $113.31 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $169.56 | ↑ +157% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $169.56 | ↑ +157% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $169.56 | ↑ +157% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $187.45 | ↑ +185% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $206.78 | ↑ +214% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $208.92 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $224.00 | ↑ +240% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $233.00 | ↑ +254% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $233.53 | ↑ +255% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $248.11 | ↑ +277% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $291.88 | ↑ +343% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $370.00 | ↑ +462% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $395.10 | ↑ +500% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $439.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $439.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $122.97 | $19.13 – $179.33 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $248.35 | $28.47 – $587.30 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $137.08 | $19.13 – $194.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $354.90 | $28.47 – $587.30 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $65.85 | $22.19 – $212.67 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $180.96 | $19.13 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $180.96 | $19.13 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $172.35 | $22.18 – $179.33 |