Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$267.00
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.
$1,780.00
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.
$21.97 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,780.00 with CIGNA 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 | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $21.97 | ↓ -92% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $21.97 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $277.00 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $289.00 | ↑ +8% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $291.19 | ↑ +9% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $291.19 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $291.19 | ↑ +9% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $291.19 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $291.19 | ↑ +9% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $291.19 | ↑ +9% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $291.19 | ↑ +9% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $299.93 | ↑ +12% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $299.93 | ↑ +12% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $302.84 | ↑ +13% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $302.84 | ↑ +13% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $305.75 | ↑ +15% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $305.75 | ↑ +15% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $305.75 | ↑ +15% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $305.75 | ↑ +15% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $305.75 | ↑ +15% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $308.66 | ↑ +16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $319.79 | ↑ +20% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $319.79 | ↑ +20% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $320.09 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $322.00 | ↑ +21% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $322.89 | ↑ +21% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $325.99 | ↑ +22% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $459.42 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $528.00 | ↑ +98% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $634.79 | ↑ +138% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $698.86 | ↑ +162% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $704.00 | ↑ +164% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $726.10 | ↑ +172% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $736.00 | ↑ +176% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $753.00 | ↑ +182% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $753.00 | ↑ +182% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $760.06 | ↑ +185% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $771.49 | ↑ +189% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $847.10 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $907.64 | ↑ +240% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,370.60 | ↑ +413% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,463.00 | ↑ +448% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,780.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,780.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,780.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,780.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $395.57 | $18.94 – $998.50 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $129.95 | $28.19 – $307.30 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $277.61 | $234.50 – $539.08 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $185.70 | $28.19 – $307.30 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $267.00 | $21.97 – $624.42 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $388.16 | $18.94 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $388.16 | $18.94 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $395.57 | $18.94 – $1,004.50 |