Cytopath tbs c/v manual at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$18.60
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.
$124.00
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.
$8.98 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $124.00 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 | $8.98 | ↓ -52% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $9.27 | ↓ -50% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $10.47 | ↓ -44% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $10.47 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $15.12 | ↓ -19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $15.12 | ↓ -19% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $15.72 | ↓ -15% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $18.54 | ↓ -0% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $18.54 | ↓ -0% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $18.54 | ↓ -0% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $18.54 | ↓ -0% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $18.54 | ↓ -0% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $18.54 | ↓ -0% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $18.54 | ↓ -0% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $18.54 | ↓ -0% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $18.54 | ↓ -0% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $18.54 | ↓ -0% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $19.10 | ↑ +3% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $19.10 | ↑ +3% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $19.28 | ↑ +4% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $19.28 | ↑ +4% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $19.47 | ↑ +5% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $19.47 | ↑ +5% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $19.47 | ↑ +5% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $19.47 | ↑ +5% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $19.47 | ↑ +5% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $19.65 | ↑ +6% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $21.71 | ↑ +17% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $21.71 | ↑ +17% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $21.73 | ↑ +17% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $21.92 | ↑ +18% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $22.13 | ↑ +19% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $32.00 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $38.79 | ↑ +109% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $38.98 | ↑ +110% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $40.42 | ↑ +117% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $42.52 | ↑ +129% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $42.52 | ↑ +129% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $42.52 | ↑ +129% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $44.50 | ↑ +139% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $46.58 | ↑ +150% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $47.59 | ↑ +156% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $47.59 | ↑ +156% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $52.95 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $59.01 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $95.48 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $124.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Cytopath tbs c/v manual at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $26.31 | $5.44 – $46.28 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $42.04 | $9.39 – $99.40 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $60.07 | $9.39 – $99.40 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $18.60 | $5.39 – $40.42 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $18.60 | $8.98 – $44.50 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $18.60 | $7.49 – $40.42 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $7.42 – $46.28 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | not published | $7.42 – $46.28 |