CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$83.10
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.
$554.00
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.
$103.26 with BLUE CROSS vs $554.00 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.
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 | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $103.26 | ↑ +24% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $103.26 | ↑ +24% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $142.99 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $209.92 | ↑ +153% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $224.00 | ↑ +170% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $231.02 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $231.02 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $231.02 | ↑ +178% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $233.00 | ↑ +180% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $236.56 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $263.65 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $263.74 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $263.74 | ↑ +217% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $264.00 | ↑ +218% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $266.31 | ↑ +220% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $268.86 | ↑ +224% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $370.00 | ↑ +345% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $426.58 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $554.00 | ↑ +567% |
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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $256.19 | $71.59 – $562.72 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $207.80 | $129.23 – $491.40 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $296.95 | $129.23 – $491.40 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $83.10 | $103.26 – $269.81 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $618.00 | $71.59 – $551.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $618.00 | $71.59 – $551.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $588.56 | $71.59 – $551.54 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $255.93 | $71.59 – $551.54 |