Laryngoscopy direct w/wo tracheoscopy dx exc newborn at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$398.85
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.
$2,659.00
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.
$162.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $3,680.94 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $162.00 | ↓ -59% |
| BEACON HEALTH | BEACON HEALTH VALUE OPTIONS BH | $187.00 | ↓ -53% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $203.94 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $471.00 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $491.00 | ↑ +23% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $686.29 | ↑ +72% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $754.95 | ↑ +89% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $754.95 | ↑ +89% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $755.68 | ↑ +89% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $762.28 | ↑ +91% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $769.61 | ↑ +93% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $847.00 | ↑ +112% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,135.39 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,265.42 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $1,688.50 | ↑ +323% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,688.50 | ↑ +323% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,688.50 | ↑ +323% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $1,688.50 | ↑ +323% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $1,688.50 | ↑ +323% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $1,688.50 | ↑ +323% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $1,688.50 | ↑ +323% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $1,739.16 | ↑ +336% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $1,739.16 | ↑ +336% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $1,756.04 | ↑ +340% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $1,756.04 | ↑ +340% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $1,772.93 | ↑ +345% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $1,772.93 | ↑ +345% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,772.93 | ↑ +345% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $1,772.93 | ↑ +345% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $1,772.93 | ↑ +345% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $1,789.81 | ↑ +349% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,047.43 | ↑ +413% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $2,659.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,659.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $2,659.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $2,659.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $2,659.00 | ↑ +567% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $3,680.94 | ↑ +823% |
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Laryngoscopy direct w/wo tracheoscopy dx exc newborn at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,162.10 | $785.20 – $2,748.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,660.70 | $824.46 – $2,748.20 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $391.23 | $203.94 – $846.10 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $398.85 | $203.94 – $3,620.76 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $398.85 | $203.94 – $3,680.94 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $398.85 | $203.94 – $3,520.39 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $733.50 – $1,141.72 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $629.78 – $1,004.50 |