Microsatellite instability at Hancock County Hospital
1519 MAIN ST., SNEEDVILLE, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1053340158
$497.49
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.
$2,163.00
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.
$187.24 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,163.00 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 | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $187.24 | ↓ -62% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $187.25 | ↓ -62% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $187.43 | ↓ -62% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $189.06 | ↓ -62% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $190.88 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $197.52 | ↓ -60% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $221.47 | ↓ -55% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $221.47 | ↓ -55% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $348.56 | ↓ -30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $348.56 | ↓ -30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $348.56 | ↓ -30% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $348.56 | ↓ -30% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $348.56 | ↓ -30% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $348.56 | ↓ -30% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $558.27 | ↑ +12% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $598.78 | ↑ +20% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $767.97 | ↑ +54% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,029.37 | ↑ +107% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $1,264.13 | ↑ +154% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $1,291.78 | ↑ +160% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $1,291.78 | ↑ +160% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,514.10 | ↑ +204% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $1,535.73 | ↑ +209% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,535.73 | ↑ +209% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $1,535.73 | ↑ +209% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,535.73 | ↑ +209% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,535.73 | ↑ +209% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $1,535.73 | ↑ +209% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $1,535.73 | ↑ +209% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $1,535.73 | ↑ +209% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $1,535.73 | ↑ +209% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $1,535.73 | ↑ +209% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,540.06 | ↑ +210% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $1,560.30 | ↑ +214% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $1,581.80 | ↑ +218% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,609.27 | ↑ +223% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,609.27 | ↑ +223% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $1,612.52 | ↑ +224% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $1,612.52 | ↑ +224% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,612.52 | ↑ +224% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $1,612.52 | ↑ +224% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $1,627.87 | ↑ +227% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,730.40 | ↑ +248% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,163.00 | ↑ +335% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $2,163.00 | ↑ +335% |
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Microsatellite instability at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $507.00 | $167.53 – $759.86 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $507.00 | $142.21 – $759.86 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $507.00 | $170.32 – $836.54 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $507.00 | $174.28 – $759.86 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $507.00 | $165.36 – $836.54 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $178.71 | $190.92 – $697.12 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $507.00 | $159.97 – $836.54 |
| 62-1138045 BMH Union City | Union City | $163.60 | $303.25 – $697.12 |