CT thoracic spine w/contrast at Hancock County Hospital
1519 MAIN ST., SNEEDVILLE, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1053340158
$549.24
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.
$2,388.00
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.
$150.25 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,388.00 with WELLCARE — 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 | $150.25 | ↓ -73% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $232.29 | ↓ -58% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $232.29 | ↓ -58% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $355.52 | ↓ -35% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $365.69 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $388.57 | ↓ -29% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $410.26 | ↓ -25% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $427.00 | ↓ -22% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $454.80 | ↓ -17% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $454.81 | ↓ -17% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $455.25 | ↓ -17% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $457.12 | ↓ -17% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $459.22 | ↓ -16% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $463.64 | ↓ -16% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $515.30 | ↓ -6% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $526.57 | ↓ -4% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $526.57 | ↓ -4% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $616.34 | ↑ +12% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,136.45 | ↑ +107% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $1,695.48 | ↑ +209% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,695.48 | ↑ +209% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $1,695.48 | ↑ +209% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,695.48 | ↑ +209% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,695.48 | ↑ +209% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $1,695.48 | ↑ +209% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $1,695.48 | ↑ +209% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $1,695.48 | ↑ +209% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $1,695.48 | ↑ +209% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $1,695.48 | ↑ +209% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,700.26 | ↑ +210% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $1,722.61 | ↑ +214% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,743.00 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $1,746.34 | ↑ +218% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,776.67 | ↑ +223% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,776.67 | ↑ +223% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $1,780.25 | ↑ +224% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $1,780.25 | ↑ +224% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $1,780.25 | ↑ +224% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,780.25 | ↑ +224% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $1,797.21 | ↑ +227% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,910.40 | ↑ +248% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,919.00 | ↑ +249% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $2,388.00 | ↑ +335% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,388.00 | ↑ +335% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,388.00 | ↑ +335% |
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CT thoracic spine w/contrast at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $745.83 | $153.44 – $623.66 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,390.91 | $157.26 – $3,289.30 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $868.25 | $141.42 – $325.10 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,987.68 | $157.26 – $3,289.30 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $559.65 | $163.67 – $406.92 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $783.14 | $148.75 – $623.66 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $783.14 | $148.75 – $623.66 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $745.83 | $148.75 – $623.66 |