Homogenization tissue at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$10.20
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.
$68.00
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.
$2.94 with AMERIGROUP vs $68.00 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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| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $2.94 | ↓ -71% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $5.00 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $5.88 | ↓ -42% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $6.06 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $6.06 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $6.12 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $6.12 | ↓ -40% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $6.12 | ↓ -40% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $6.17 | ↓ -40% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $6.17 | ↓ -40% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $6.17 | ↓ -40% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $6.17 | ↓ -40% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $6.17 | ↓ -40% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $6.23 | ↓ -39% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $10.50 | ↑ +3% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $10.50 | ↑ +3% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $10.52 | ↑ +3% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $10.60 | ↑ +4% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $10.71 | ↑ +5% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $11.58 | ↑ +14% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $11.58 | ↑ +14% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $12.82 | ↑ +26% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $12.99 | ↑ +27% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $14.11 | ↑ +38% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $16.40 | ↑ +61% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $17.55 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $23.64 | ↑ +132% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $23.64 | ↑ +132% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $23.64 | ↑ +132% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $25.94 | ↑ +154% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $26.50 | ↑ +160% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $26.50 | ↑ +160% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $29.04 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $32.36 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $52.36 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $68.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Homogenization tissue at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $57.96 | $2.12 – $22.59 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $7.82 | $5.12 – $11.76 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $57.96 | $4.13 – $22.59 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $57.96 | $4.13 – $22.59 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $57.96 | $4.13 – $22.59 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $57.96 | $5.29 – $22.59 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $10.12 | $4.17 – $12.99 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $10.20 | $2.65 – $12.82 |