Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$552.30
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.
$3,682.00
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.
$154.89 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,829.14 with AMBETTER — 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 | $154.89 | ↓ -72% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $201.06 | ↓ -64% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $239.15 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $251.62 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $251.62 | ↓ -54% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $324.84 | ↓ -41% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $324.84 | ↓ -41% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $324.84 | ↓ -41% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $332.63 | ↓ -40% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $361.46 | ↓ -35% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $370.73 | ↓ -33% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $403.24 | ↓ -27% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $578.00 | ↑ +5% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $578.00 | ↑ +5% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $599.83 | ↑ +9% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $736.00 | ↑ +33% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $753.00 | ↑ +36% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $753.00 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $779.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $872.62 | ↑ +58% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $889.40 | ↑ +61% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $984.20 | ↑ +78% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $985.16 | ↑ +78% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $993.76 | ↑ +80% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,003.32 | ↑ +82% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,829.14 | ↑ +231% |
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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,572.59 | $733.50 – $1,193.68 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $500.24 | $329.60 – $1,153.60 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $598.00 | $707.26 – $1,625.88 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $714.87 | $346.08 – $1,153.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $552.30 | $154.89 – $1,799.24 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,572.59 | $767.37 – $1,217.22 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $552.30 | $154.89 – $1,799.24 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $552.30 | $154.89 – $1,750.66 |