M.tuberculo dna dir probe at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$18.75
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.
$125.00
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.
$10.50 with BLUE CROSS vs $125.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $10.50 | ↓ -44% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $10.50 | ↓ -44% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $10.52 | ↓ -44% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $10.60 | ↓ -43% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $10.71 | ↓ -43% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $13.44 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $17.04 | ↓ -9% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $26.88 | ↑ +43% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $27.69 | ↑ +48% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $27.69 | ↑ +48% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $27.96 | ↑ +49% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $27.96 | ↑ +49% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $27.96 | ↑ +49% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $28.22 | ↑ +51% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $28.22 | ↑ +51% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $28.22 | ↑ +51% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $28.22 | ↑ +51% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $28.22 | ↑ +51% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $28.49 | ↑ +52% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $32.26 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $40.55 | ↑ +116% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $40.55 | ↑ +116% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $53.38 | ↑ +185% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $57.02 | ↑ +204% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $58.60 | ↑ +213% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $59.19 | ↑ +216% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $59.49 | ↑ +217% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $64.51 | ↑ +244% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $80.67 | ↑ +330% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $80.67 | ↑ +330% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $80.67 | ↑ +330% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $88.37 | ↑ +371% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $90.29 | ↑ +382% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $90.29 | ↑ +382% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $96.25 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $125.00 | ↑ +567% |
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M.tuberculo dna dir probe at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $18.40 | $11.55 – $59.19 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $18.75 | $10.22 – $58.60 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $18.75 | $10.20 – $64.51 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $18.75 | $11.55 – $58.60 |
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $127.26 | $12.10 – $181.80 |
| LeConte Medical Center | Sevierville | $58.58 | $12.10 – $181.80 |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center | Lenoir City | $66.66 | $12.10 – $181.80 |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $66.66 | $12.10 – $181.80 |