Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$49.65
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.
$331.00
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.
$27.38 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $331.00 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $27.38 | ↓ -45% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $35.43 | ↓ -29% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $35.43 | ↓ -29% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $35.43 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $35.43 | ↓ -29% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $35.43 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $35.43 | ↓ -29% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $35.43 | ↓ -29% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $36.50 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $36.50 | ↓ -26% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $36.85 | ↓ -26% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $36.85 | ↓ -26% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $37.20 | ↓ -25% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $37.20 | ↓ -25% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $37.20 | ↓ -25% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $37.20 | ↓ -25% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $37.20 | ↓ -25% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $37.56 | ↓ -24% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $74.85 | ↑ +51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $74.85 | ↑ +51% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $74.92 | ↑ +51% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $75.58 | ↑ +52% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $76.30 | ↑ +54% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $77.24 | ↑ +56% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $85.04 | ↑ +71% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $85.43 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $88.35 | ↑ +78% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $93.87 | ↑ +89% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $106.00 | ↑ +113% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $110.44 | ↑ +122% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $112.00 | ↑ +126% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $138.03 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $138.03 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $138.03 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $141.34 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $153.58 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $157.52 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $175.00 | ↑ +252% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $209.28 | ↑ +322% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $213.60 | ↑ +330% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $213.60 | ↑ +330% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $231.70 | ↑ +367% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $254.87 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $331.00 | ↑ +567% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $49.65 | $30.21 – $75.98 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $49.65 | $16.43 – $79.90 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $49.65 | $26.57 – $79.90 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $49.65 | $27.38 – $85.04 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $49.65 | $29.37 – $81.33 |
| 62-1138045 BMH Union City | Union City | $12.40 | $31.18 – $71.68 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $49.65 | $22.82 – $82.38 |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital | ELIZABETHTON | $49.65 | $29.37 – $79.90 |