Mayo manganese at Bristol Regional Medical Center

1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$43.05

Cash price

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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.

$287.00

Gross charge

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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.

$12.93 with BLUE CROSS vs $287.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $12.93 ↓ -70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $12.93 ↓ -70%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $12.95 ↓ -70%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $13.06 ↓ -70%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $13.19 ↓ -69%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $13.33 ↓ -69%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $20.90 ↓ -51%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $26.65 ↓ -38%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $26.65 ↓ -38%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $26.65 ↓ -38%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $26.65 ↓ -38%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $26.65 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $26.65 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $26.65 ↓ -38%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $26.65 ↓ -38%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $26.65 ↓ -38%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $26.65 ↓ -38%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $26.65 ↓ -38%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $26.65 ↓ -38%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $27.45 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $27.45 ↓ -36%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $27.72 ↓ -36%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $27.72 ↓ -36%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $27.72 ↓ -36%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $27.98 ↓ -35%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $27.98 ↓ -35%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $27.98 ↓ -35%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $27.98 ↓ -35%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $27.98 ↓ -35%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $28.25 ↓ -34%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $54.36 ↑ +26%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $54.36 ↑ +26%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $58.10 ↑ +35%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $58.46 ↑ +36%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $63.96 ↑ +49%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $74.07 ↑ +72%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $84.70 ↑ +97%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $98.94 ↑ +130%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $98.94 ↑ +130%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $98.94 ↑ +130%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $108.37 ↑ +152%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $110.72 ↑ +157%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $110.72 ↑ +157%
AETNA AETNA $122.55 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $136.58 ↑ +217%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $220.99 ↑ +413%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $287.00 ↑ +567%

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Mayo manganese at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $8.00 $18.90 – $50.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $28.52 $23.19 – $53.30
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $11.43 $5.67 – $50.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $43.05 $12.72 – $58.10
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $42.09 $14.21 – $58.46
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $43.05 $11.99 – $58.10
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $43.05 $13.33 – $58.10
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $43.05 $12.56 – $63.96

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