Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$271.35
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.
$1,809.00
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.
$103.91 with BLUE CROSS vs $2,067.20 with MOLINA 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 | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $103.91 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $162.00 | ↓ -40% |
| BEACON HEALTH | BEACON HEALTH VALUE OPTIONS BH | $187.00 | ↓ -31% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $466.90 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $471.00 | ↑ +74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $491.00 | ↑ +81% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $661.49 | ↑ +144% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $661.49 | ↑ +144% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $661.49 | ↑ +144% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $661.49 | ↑ +144% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $661.49 | ↑ +144% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $661.49 | ↑ +144% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $661.49 | ↑ +144% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $681.34 | ↑ +151% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $681.34 | ↑ +151% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $687.95 | ↑ +154% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $687.95 | ↑ +154% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $694.57 | ↑ +156% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $694.57 | ↑ +156% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $694.57 | ↑ +156% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $694.57 | ↑ +156% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $694.57 | ↑ +156% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $701.18 | ↑ +158% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $772.44 | ↑ +185% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $847.00 | ↑ +212% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $860.90 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,392.93 | ↑ +413% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,442.05 | ↑ +431% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,587.58 | ↑ +485% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,649.47 | ↑ +508% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,752.57 | ↑ +546% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,809.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,809.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,809.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $2,027.82 | ↑ +647% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $2,029.79 | ↑ +648% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $2,047.51 | ↑ +655% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $2,067.20 | ↑ +662% |
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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $520.37 | $351.60 – $1,230.60 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $369.61 | $530.25 – $1,218.96 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $743.64 | $369.18 – $1,230.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $271.35 | $103.91 – $1,994.65 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $1,328.63 | $274.47 – $11,003.00 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $266.34 | $103.91 – $2,272.67 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $271.35 | $103.91 – $2,164.45 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $271.35 | $103.91 – $2,164.45 |