Ankle X-ray at Hancock County Hospital
1519 MAIN ST., SNEEDVILLE, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1053340158
$75.21
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.
$327.00
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.
$17.78 with BLUE CROSS vs $311.00 with UNITED 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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| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $17.78 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $17.78 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $22.40 | ↓ -70% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $29.60 | ↓ -61% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $52.99 | ↓ -30% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $72.67 | ↓ -3% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $74.26 | ↓ -1% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $74.26 | ↓ -1% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $78.85 | ↑ +5% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $78.85 | ↑ +5% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $78.92 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $79.61 | ↑ +6% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $80.27 | ↑ +7% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $80.38 | ↑ +7% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $87.38 | ↑ +16% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $148.00 | ↑ +97% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $181.44 | ↑ +141% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $192.79 | ↑ +156% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $213.00 | ↑ +183% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $220.81 | ↑ +194% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $220.81 | ↑ +194% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $220.81 | ↑ +194% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $220.81 | ↑ +194% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $220.81 | ↑ +194% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $220.81 | ↑ +194% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $220.81 | ↑ +194% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $220.81 | ↑ +194% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $220.81 | ↑ +194% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $220.81 | ↑ +194% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $221.43 | ↑ +194% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $224.34 | ↑ +198% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $226.80 | ↑ +202% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $227.43 | ↑ +202% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $231.38 | ↑ +208% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $231.38 | ↑ +208% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $231.85 | ↑ +208% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $231.85 | ↑ +208% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $231.85 | ↑ +208% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $231.85 | ↑ +208% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $233.00 | ↑ +210% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $234.06 | ↑ +211% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $248.80 | ↑ +231% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $311.00 | ↑ +314% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $311.00 | ↑ +314% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $311.00 | ↑ +314% |
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Ankle X-ray at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $82.80 | $15.33 – $127.70 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $250.42 | $22.82 – $394.80 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $103.04 | $15.33 – $160.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $357.86 | $22.82 – $394.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $76.35 | $17.78 – $177.03 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $139.32 | $15.33 – $127.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $139.32 | $15.33 – $127.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $132.66 | $22.18 – $127.70 |