Ecmo/ecls initiation venous 33946 at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$257.10
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.
$1,714.00
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.
$442.38 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $10,463.01 with MOLINA HEALTHCARE — 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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| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $442.38 | ↑ +72% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $731.88 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $815.69 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,008.00 | ↑ +292% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,055.00 | ↑ +310% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,103.00 | ↑ +329% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,319.78 | ↑ +413% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,523.00 | ↑ +492% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,714.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,714.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,714.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,714.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,714.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,714.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,714.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $1,714.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $1,714.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $1,714.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $10,263.71 | ↑ +3892% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $10,273.68 | ↑ +3896% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $10,363.36 | ↑ +3931% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $10,463.01 | ↑ +3970% |
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Ecmo/ecls initiation venous 33946 at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $389.84 | $263.40 – $921.90 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $557.10 | $276.57 – $921.90 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $257.10 | $1,714.00 – $10,499.69 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $257.10 | $10,955.28 – $10,955.28 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $257.10 | $10,955.28 – $11,393.49 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $257.10 | $1,714.00 – $10,463.01 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $2,241.75 | $315.46 – $315.46 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $257.10 | $1,714.00 – $10,025.89 |