Knee MRI (without contrast) at Hancock County Hospital
1519 MAIN ST., SNEEDVILLE, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1053340158
$603.52
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.
$2,624.00
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.
$169.21 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,581.00 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $169.21 | ↓ -72% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $326.78 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $339.94 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $339.94 | ↓ -44% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $340.27 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $343.24 | ↓ -43% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $346.54 | ↓ -43% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $368.16 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $368.16 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $497.45 | ↓ -18% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $528.57 | ↓ -12% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $537.95 | ↓ -11% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $549.72 | ↓ -9% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $549.72 | ↓ -9% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $621.82 | ↑ +3% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $663.57 | ↑ +10% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $666.16 | ↑ +10% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $786.00 | ↑ +30% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,228.30 | ↑ +104% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $1,832.51 | ↑ +204% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,832.51 | ↑ +204% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $1,832.51 | ↑ +204% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,832.51 | ↑ +204% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,832.51 | ↑ +204% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $1,832.51 | ↑ +204% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $1,832.51 | ↑ +204% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $1,832.51 | ↑ +204% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $1,832.51 | ↑ +204% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $1,832.51 | ↑ +204% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,837.67 | ↑ +204% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $1,861.83 | ↑ +208% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $1,887.49 | ↑ +213% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,920.26 | ↑ +218% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,920.26 | ↑ +218% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $1,924.14 | ↑ +219% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $1,924.14 | ↑ +219% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $1,924.14 | ↑ +219% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,924.14 | ↑ +219% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $1,942.46 | ↑ +222% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,064.80 | ↑ +242% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $2,325.00 | ↑ +285% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $2,559.00 | ↑ +324% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,581.00 | ↑ +328% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,581.00 | ↑ +328% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $2,581.00 | ↑ +328% |
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Knee MRI (without contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $735.74 | $198.37 – $629.71 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $825.84 | $186.96 – $2,459.00 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $1,022.58 | $192.03 – $441.44 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,180.17 | $186.96 – $2,459.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $614.85 | $220.67 – $485.38 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $974.03 | $167.52 – $629.71 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $974.03 | $167.52 – $629.71 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $927.65 | $167.52 – $629.71 |