Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$51.45
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.
$343.00
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.
$7.17 with BLUE CROSS vs $343.00 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 | $7.17 | ↓ -86% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $7.17 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $10.25 | ↓ -80% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $11.80 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $33.43 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $33.43 | ↓ -35% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $34.77 | ↓ -32% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $35.43 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $35.43 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $35.43 | ↓ -31% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $35.43 | ↓ -31% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $35.43 | ↓ -31% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $35.43 | ↓ -31% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $35.43 | ↓ -31% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $36.50 | ↓ -29% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $36.50 | ↓ -29% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $36.85 | ↓ -28% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $36.85 | ↓ -28% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $37.20 | ↓ -28% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $37.20 | ↓ -28% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $37.20 | ↓ -28% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $37.20 | ↓ -28% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $37.20 | ↓ -28% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $37.56 | ↓ -27% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $42.25 | ↓ -18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $42.25 | ↓ -18% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $42.29 | ↓ -18% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $42.66 | ↓ -17% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $43.07 | ↓ -16% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $77.24 | ↑ +50% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $85.04 | ↑ +65% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $88.35 | ↑ +72% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $88.53 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $93.87 | ↑ +82% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $105.53 | ↑ +105% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $110.44 | ↑ +115% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $115.06 | ↑ +124% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $115.06 | ↑ +124% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $115.06 | ↑ +124% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $129.46 | ↑ +152% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $132.26 | ↑ +157% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $132.26 | ↑ +157% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $146.46 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $163.23 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $264.11 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $343.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $28.98 | $6.18 – $138.36 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $80.81 | $9.20 – $191.10 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $14.49 | $6.18 – $71.68 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $115.48 | $9.20 – $191.10 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $51.45 | $7.17 – $75.98 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $28.98 | $6.18 – $138.36 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $28.98 | $6.18 – $138.36 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $28.98 | $8.45 – $138.36 |