Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$167.10
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.
$1,114.00
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.
$57.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $1,114.00 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 | $57.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $116.00 | ↓ -31% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $159.99 | ↓ -4% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $159.99 | ↓ -4% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $171.78 | ↑ +3% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $184.71 | ↑ +11% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $184.71 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $184.71 | ↑ +11% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $184.71 | ↑ +11% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $184.71 | ↑ +11% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $184.71 | ↑ +11% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $184.71 | ↑ +11% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $184.71 | ↑ +11% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $184.71 | ↑ +11% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $184.71 | ↑ +11% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $190.25 | ↑ +14% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $190.25 | ↑ +14% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $192.10 | ↑ +15% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $192.10 | ↑ +15% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $193.95 | ↑ +16% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $193.95 | ↑ +16% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $193.95 | ↑ +16% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $193.95 | ↑ +16% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $193.95 | ↑ +16% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $195.79 | ↑ +17% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $238.98 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $238.98 | ↑ +43% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $239.21 | ↑ +43% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $241.30 | ↑ +44% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $243.62 | ↑ +46% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $245.00 | ↑ +47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $257.00 | ↑ +54% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $287.52 | ↑ +72% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $402.67 | ↑ +141% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $403.00 | ↑ +141% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $443.30 | ↑ +165% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $464.54 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $464.54 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $464.54 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $475.68 | ↑ +185% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $516.90 | ↑ +209% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $530.15 | ↑ +217% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $717.44 | ↑ +329% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $732.25 | ↑ +338% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $732.25 | ↑ +338% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $857.78 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,114.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $185.87 | $56.30 – $378.47 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $167.10 | $44.00 – $402.67 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $185.87 | $33.70 – $378.47 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $185.87 | $137.92 – $378.47 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $167.10 | $37.00 – $402.67 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $167.10 | $46.00 – $402.67 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $167.10 | $61.00 – $443.30 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $94.50 | $68.80 – $137.92 |