Assay alkaline phosphatase 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

$12.75

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.

$85.00

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.

$4.13 with AMERIGROUP vs $85.00 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 $4.13 ↓ -68%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $5.80 ↓ -55%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $5.80 ↓ -55%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $5.80 ↓ -55%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $5.86 ↓ -54%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $5.91 ↓ -54%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $6.20 ↓ -51%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $8.26 ↓ -35%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $8.26 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $8.26 ↓ -35%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $8.26 ↓ -35%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $8.26 ↓ -35%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $8.26 ↓ -35%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $8.26 ↓ -35%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $8.26 ↓ -35%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $8.26 ↓ -35%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $8.26 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $8.26 ↓ -35%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $8.26 ↓ -35%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $8.51 ↓ -33%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $8.51 ↓ -33%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $8.59 ↓ -33%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $8.59 ↓ -33%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $8.59 ↓ -33%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $8.67 ↓ -32%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $8.67 ↓ -32%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $8.67 ↓ -32%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $8.67 ↓ -32%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $8.67 ↓ -32%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $8.76 ↓ -31%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $16.63 ↑ +30%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $16.63 ↑ +30%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $18.01 ↑ +41%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $18.04 ↑ +41%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $19.82 ↑ +55%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $21.94 ↑ +72%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $25.08 ↑ +97%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $29.37 ↑ +130%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $29.37 ↑ +130%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $29.37 ↑ +130%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $32.17 ↑ +152%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $32.87 ↑ +158%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $32.87 ↑ +158%
AETNA AETNA $36.30 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $40.45 ↑ +217%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $65.45 ↑ +413%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $85.00 ↑ +567%

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Assay alkaline phosphatase at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $12.42 $5.17 – $18.04
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $12.75 $3.72 – $18.01
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $12.75 $4.13 – $19.82
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City $4.20 $7.19 – $16.52
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $12.75 $4.13 – $18.01
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell $18.76 $3.72 – $15.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $2.97 – $28.22
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $5.12 – $28.22

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