Brain image w/flow < 4 views at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$452.25
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.
$3,015.00
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.
$111.58 with BLUE CROSS vs $3,015.00 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.
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 | $111.58 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $111.58 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $199.22 | ↓ -56% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $331.60 | ↓ -27% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $368.17 | ↓ -19% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -16% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -16% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -16% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $379.24 | ↓ -16% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -16% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $379.24 | ↓ -16% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $379.24 | ↓ -16% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $390.62 | ↓ -14% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $390.62 | ↓ -14% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $394.41 | ↓ -13% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $394.41 | ↓ -13% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $398.21 | ↓ -12% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $398.21 | ↓ -12% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $398.21 | ↓ -12% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $398.21 | ↓ -12% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $398.21 | ↓ -12% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $402.00 | ↓ -11% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $476.15 | ↑ +5% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $476.15 | ↑ +5% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $476.61 | ↑ +5% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $480.77 | ↑ +6% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $485.39 | ↑ +7% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $564.99 | ↑ +25% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $577.24 | ↑ +28% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $577.24 | ↑ +28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $774.00 | ↑ +71% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $778.17 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $810.00 | ↑ +79% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $826.75 | ↑ +83% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $910.18 | ↑ +101% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $945.68 | ↑ +109% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,004.79 | ↑ +122% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,182.12 | ↑ +161% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,287.41 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,434.84 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,599.00 | ↑ +254% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,321.55 | ↑ +413% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $2,322.41 | ↑ +414% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $2,322.41 | ↑ +414% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $2,322.41 | ↑ +414% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $3,015.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $503.97 | $96.19 – $589.01 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $504.39 | $143.16 – $1,192.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $720.80 | $143.16 – $1,192.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $452.25 | $111.58 – $813.24 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $503.61 | $96.19 – $589.01 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $452.25 | $111.58 – $813.24 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $452.25 | $135.63 – $791.28 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $452.25 | $111.58 – $910.18 |