Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified 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

$22.50

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.

$150.00

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.

$6.44 with AMERIGROUP vs $150.00 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
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $6.44 ↓ -71%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $10.95 ↓ -51%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $11.99 ↓ -47%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $11.99 ↓ -47%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $12.00 ↓ -47%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $12.11 ↓ -46%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $12.22 ↓ -46%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $12.88 ↓ -43%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $12.88 ↓ -43%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $12.88 ↓ -43%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $12.88 ↓ -43%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $12.88 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $12.88 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $12.88 ↓ -43%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $12.88 ↓ -43%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $12.88 ↓ -43%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $12.88 ↓ -43%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $12.88 ↓ -43%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $12.88 ↓ -43%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $13.27 ↓ -41%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $13.27 ↓ -41%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $13.40 ↓ -40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $13.40 ↓ -40%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $13.40 ↓ -40%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $13.52 ↓ -40%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $13.52 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $13.52 ↓ -40%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $13.52 ↓ -40%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $13.52 ↓ -40%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $13.65 ↓ -39%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $24.59 ↑ +9%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $24.59 ↑ +9%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $28.08 ↑ +25%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $28.15 ↑ +25%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $30.91 ↑ +37%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $38.72 ↑ +72%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $43.50 ↑ +93%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $51.83 ↑ +130%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $51.83 ↑ +130%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $51.83 ↑ +130%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $56.78 ↑ +152%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $58.01 ↑ +158%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $58.01 ↑ +158%
AETNA AETNA $64.05 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $71.39 ↑ +217%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $115.50 ↑ +413%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $150.00 ↑ +567%

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Antibody bacterium, not elsewhere specified at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $10.86 $4.64 – $49.66
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $22.80 $11.45 – $53.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $32.58 $11.45 – $53.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $22.50 $6.44 – $28.08
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $10.86 $9.04 – $49.66
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $10.86 $9.04 – $49.66
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $10.86 $9.04 – $49.66
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $10.86 $11.59 – $49.66

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