Insertion pacing electrode lv pacing w/insertion of ppm/implantable defibrillator at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$2,714.40
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.
$18,096.00
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.
$163.00 with BLUE CROSS vs $18,096.00 with UNITED 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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| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $163.00 | ↓ -94% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $167.00 | ↓ -94% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $167.00 | ↓ -94% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $445.23 | ↓ -84% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $4,670.58 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $6,851.00 | ↑ +152% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $7,546.03 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $7,546.03 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $7,546.03 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $7,726.99 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $8,396.54 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $8,611.89 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $10,207.36 | ↑ +276% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $10,207.36 | ↑ +276% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $10,217.27 | ↑ +276% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $10,306.46 | ↑ +280% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $10,405.56 | ↑ +283% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $12,245.00 | ↑ +351% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $12,800.00 | ↑ +372% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $13,933.92 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $18,096.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $18,096.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Insertion pacing electrode lv pacing w/insertion of ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $7,557.30 | $1,752.88 – $14,894.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $2,958.23 | $1,998.80 – $6,995.80 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $11,998.18 | $98.00 – $475.86 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $4,227.47 | $2,098.74 – $6,995.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $2,714.40 | $445.23 – $10,442.04 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $7,557.30 | $1,869.19 – $6,935.50 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $2,714.40 | $445.23 – $10,895.13 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $2,714.40 | $445.23 – $11,330.94 |