An fluoro guide for cvp 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

$69.30

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.

$462.00

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.

$52.56 with BLUE CROSS vs $462.00 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
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $52.56 ↓ -24%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $52.56 ↓ -24%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $55.77 ↓ -20%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $119.24 ↑ +72%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $175.16 ↑ +153%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $178.96 ↑ +158%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $178.96 ↑ +158%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $192.65 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $192.65 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $192.65 ↑ +178%
AETNA AETNA $197.27 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $219.87 ↑ +217%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $224.00 ↑ +223%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $233.00 ↑ +236%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $263.74 ↑ +281%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $263.74 ↑ +281%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $264.00 ↑ +281%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $266.31 ↑ +284%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $268.86 ↑ +288%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $355.74 ↑ +413%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $370.00 ↑ +434%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $462.00 ↑ +567%

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An fluoro guide for cvp at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $128.64 $45.31 – $170.76
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $258.41 $67.43 – $611.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $112.24 $45.31 – $82.14
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $369.28 $67.43 – $611.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $52.56 – $269.81
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $128.64 $63.99 – $167.37
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $210.39 $45.31 – $170.77
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $69.30 $52.56 – $281.52

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →