Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Bristol Regional Medical Center

1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615

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

$407.25

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.

$2,715.00

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.

$162.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,715.00 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.

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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
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $162.00 ↓ -60%
BEACON HEALTH BEACON HEALTH VALUE OPTIONS BH $187.00 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $471.00 ↑ +16%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $491.00 ↑ +21%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $700.74 ↑ +72%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $847.00 ↑ +108%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $860.41 ↑ +111%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $860.41 ↑ +111%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $860.41 ↑ +111%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $860.41 ↑ +111%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $860.41 ↑ +111%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $860.41 ↑ +111%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $860.41 ↑ +111%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $886.23 ↑ +118%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $886.23 ↑ +118%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $894.83 ↑ +120%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $894.83 ↑ +120%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $903.43 ↑ +122%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $903.43 ↑ +122%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $903.43 ↑ +122%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $903.43 ↑ +122%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $903.43 ↑ +122%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $912.04 ↑ +124%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $949.72 ↑ +133%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $949.72 ↑ +133%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $950.64 ↑ +133%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $958.94 ↑ +135%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $968.16 ↑ +138%
AETNA AETNA $1,159.31 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $1,292.07 ↑ +217%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $1,875.70 ↑ +361%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $1,900.50 ↑ +367%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $2,064.99 ↑ +407%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $2,090.55 ↑ +413%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $2,145.49 ↑ +427%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $2,279.60 ↑ +460%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $2,681.92 ↑ +559%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $2,715.00 ↑ +567%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $760.13 $513.60 – $1,797.60
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $232.53 $744.81 – $1,712.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,086.27 $539.28 – $1,797.60
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $407.25 $846.35 – $1,845.04
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,299.92 $808.11 – $1,636.56
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $399.74 $1,044.12 – $1,064.40
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $407.25 $631.54 – $1,845.04
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $407.25 $823.50 – $1,795.22

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