Change cystostomy tube simple at Sycamore Shoals Hospital
1501 W. ELK AVE., ELIZABETHTON, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1891801734
$286.65
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,911.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$50.95 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,911.00 with WELLCARE — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $50.95 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $115.45 | ↓ -60% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $115.45 | ↓ -60% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $120.07 | ↓ -58% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $120.07 | ↓ -58% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $146.00 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $226.68 | ↓ -21% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $226.68 | ↓ -21% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $226.68 | ↓ -21% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $226.68 | ↓ -21% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $226.68 | ↓ -21% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $226.68 | ↓ -21% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $226.68 | ↓ -21% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $226.68 | ↓ -21% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $226.68 | ↓ -21% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $233.48 | ↓ -19% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $235.75 | ↓ -18% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $235.75 | ↓ -18% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $238.02 | ↓ -17% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $238.02 | ↓ -17% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $238.02 | ↓ -17% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $240.28 | ↓ -16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $398.00 | ↑ +39% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $455.00 | ↑ +59% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $494.16 | ↑ +72% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $531.64 | ↑ +85% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $589.00 | ↑ +105% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $668.85 | ↑ +133% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,219.22 | ↑ +325% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,433.25 | ↑ +400% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,911.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,911.00 | ↑ +567% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Change cystostomy tube simple at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $402.33 | $209.63 – $1,141.72 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $230.88 | $156.00 – $546.00 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $72.22 | $193.21 – $444.16 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $329.94 | $163.80 – $546.00 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $286.65 | $50.95 – $508.25 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $402.33 | $209.63 – $1,217.22 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $281.06 | $50.95 – $121.22 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $286.65 | $50.95 – $508.25 |