Fluoro polarize fetal lung at Hancock County Hospital

1519 MAIN ST., SNEEDVILLE, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1053340158

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$28.75

Cash price

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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.

$125.00

Gross charge

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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.

$10.88 with BLUE CROSS vs $125.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $10.88 ↓ -62%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $10.88 ↓ -62%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $13.40 ↓ -53%
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 ↓ -50%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $14.41 ↓ -50%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $18.91 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $18.91 ↓ -34%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $18.91 ↓ -34%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $18.91 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $18.91 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $18.91 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $30.65 ↑ +7%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $32.26 ↑ +12%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $39.11 ↑ +36%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $41.86 ↑ +46%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $59.49 ↑ +107%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $72.90 ↑ +154%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $74.49 ↑ +159%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $74.49 ↑ +159%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $88.75 ↑ +209%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $88.75 ↑ +209%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $88.75 ↑ +209%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $88.75 ↑ +209%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $88.75 ↑ +209%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $88.75 ↑ +209%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $88.75 ↑ +209%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $88.75 ↑ +209%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $88.75 ↑ +209%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $88.75 ↑ +209%
AETNA AETNA $89.00 ↑ +210%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $90.17 ↑ +214%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $91.41 ↑ +218%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $93.00 ↑ +223%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $93.00 ↑ +223%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $93.19 ↑ +224%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $93.19 ↑ +224%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $93.19 ↑ +224%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $93.19 ↑ +224%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $94.08 ↑ +227%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $100.00 ↑ +248%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $125.00 ↑ +335%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $125.00 ↑ +335%

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Fluoro polarize fetal lung at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $29.25 $8.51 – $41.22
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $29.25 $9.46 – $45.38
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $29.25 $9.46 – $45.38
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $29.25 $9.46 – $41.22
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $6.81 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $9.38 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $9.38 – $73.36
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $13.27 – $73.36

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