Red blood cells each unit at Hancock County Hospital
1519 MAIN ST., SNEEDVILLE, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1053340158
$106.26
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.
$462.00
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.
$40.69 with BLUE CROSS vs $462.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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 | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $40.69 | ↓ -62% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $55.74 | ↓ -48% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $55.74 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $74.50 | ↓ -30% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $119.24 | ↑ +12% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $193.19 | ↑ +82% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $193.20 | ↑ +82% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $193.38 | ↑ +82% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $195.07 | ↑ +84% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $196.95 | ↑ +85% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $214.37 | ↑ +102% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $219.87 | ↑ +107% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $239.17 | ↑ +125% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $307.27 | ↑ +189% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $326.49 | ↑ +207% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $328.02 | ↑ +209% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $328.02 | ↑ +209% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $328.02 | ↑ +209% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $328.02 | ↑ +209% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $328.02 | ↑ +209% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $328.02 | ↑ +209% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $328.02 | ↑ +209% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $328.02 | ↑ +209% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $328.02 | ↑ +209% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $328.02 | ↑ +209% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $328.94 | ↑ +210% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $333.27 | ↑ +214% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $337.86 | ↑ +218% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $343.73 | ↑ +223% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $343.73 | ↑ +223% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $344.42 | ↑ +224% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $344.42 | ↑ +224% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $344.42 | ↑ +224% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $344.42 | ↑ +224% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $347.70 | ↑ +227% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $369.60 | ↑ +248% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $384.09 | ↑ +261% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $462.00 | ↑ +335% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $462.00 | ↑ +335% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $462.00 | ↑ +335% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $462.00 | ↑ +335% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $462.00 | ↑ +335% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $462.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $462.00 | ↑ +335% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $462.00 | ↑ +335% |
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Red blood cells each unit at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $416.55 | $48.05 – $348.43 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $108.15 | $40.69 – $328.24 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $416.07 | $48.05 – $348.43 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $416.07 | $48.05 – $348.43 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $416.07 | $71.79 – $348.43 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $416.04 | $48.05 – $348.43 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $108.15 | $40.69 – $328.24 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $108.15 | $40.69 – $361.37 |