Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at Hancock County Hospital
1519 MAIN ST., SNEEDVILLE, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1053340158
$28.98
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$126.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$11.88 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $126.00 with SEVEN CORNERS, INC. — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $11.88 | ↓ -59% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $14.13 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $14.13 | ↓ -51% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $14.15 | ↓ -51% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $14.27 | ↓ -51% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $14.41 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $16.77 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $30.36 | ↑ +5% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $31.76 | ↑ +10% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $31.76 | ↑ +10% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $32.52 | ↑ +12% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $34.69 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $36.81 | ↑ +27% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $59.96 | ↑ +107% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $73.25 | ↑ +153% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $74.85 | ↑ +158% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $74.85 | ↑ +158% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $89.46 | ↑ +209% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $89.46 | ↑ +209% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $89.46 | ↑ +209% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $89.46 | ↑ +209% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $89.46 | ↑ +209% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $89.46 | ↑ +209% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $89.46 | ↑ +209% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $89.46 | ↑ +209% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $89.46 | ↑ +209% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $89.46 | ↑ +209% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $89.71 | ↑ +210% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $90.89 | ↑ +214% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $92.14 | ↑ +218% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $93.74 | ↑ +223% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $93.74 | ↑ +223% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $93.93 | ↑ +224% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $93.93 | ↑ +224% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $93.93 | ↑ +224% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $93.93 | ↑ +224% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $94.83 | ↑ +227% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $100.80 | ↑ +248% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $126.00 | ↑ +335% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $126.00 | ↑ +335% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $80.12 | $6.04 – $65.46 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $27.24 | $14.90 – $64.40 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $67.62 | $14.59 – $33.54 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $38.92 | $14.90 – $64.40 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $29.40 | $8.39 – $36.56 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $80.12 | $11.76 – $65.46 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $80.12 | $11.76 – $65.46 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $80.12 | $11.76 – $65.46 |