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1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$1,950.45
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.
$13,003.00
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.
$136.02 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $527.00 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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| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $136.02 | ↓ -93% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $161.79 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $170.22 | ↓ -91% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $170.22 | ↓ -91% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $219.76 | ↓ -89% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $219.76 | ↓ -89% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $219.76 | ↓ -89% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $225.03 | ↓ -88% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $244.53 | ↓ -87% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $250.80 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $368.90 | ↓ -81% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $405.79 | ↓ -79% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $527.00 | ↓ -73% |
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Cath bi-dir df smarttouch at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $1,950.45 | $161.79 – $161.79 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $1,950.45 | $161.79 – $161.79 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $1,950.45 | $161.79 – $161.79 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $10,192.50 | $229.64 – $2,893.50 |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $11,211.75 | $614.25 – $2,632.50 |
| Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge | Oak Ridge | $965.25 | $614.25 – $2,632.50 |