Red cell mass multiple at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$221.70
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.
$1,478.00
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.
$95.43 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,478.00 with CIGNA HEALTHCARE — 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 | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $95.43 | ↓ -57% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $95.43 | ↓ -57% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $119.90 | ↓ -46% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $161.76 | ↓ -27% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $249.13 | ↑ +12% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $254.53 | ↑ +15% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $254.53 | ↑ +15% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $275.30 | ↑ +24% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $381.47 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $476.15 | ↑ +115% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $476.15 | ↑ +115% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $476.61 | ↑ +115% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $480.77 | ↑ +117% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $485.39 | ↑ +119% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +132% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $515.09 | ↑ +132% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +132% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +132% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +132% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $515.09 | ↑ +132% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $515.09 | ↑ +132% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $530.54 | ↑ +139% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $530.54 | ↑ +139% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $535.69 | ↑ +142% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $535.69 | ↑ +142% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $540.84 | ↑ +144% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $540.84 | ↑ +144% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $540.84 | ↑ +144% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $540.84 | ↑ +144% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $540.84 | ↑ +144% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $545.99 | ↑ +146% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $631.11 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $703.38 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $774.00 | ↑ +249% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $810.00 | ↑ +265% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,122.89 | ↑ +406% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,138.06 | ↑ +413% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,236.21 | ↑ +458% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $1,284.42 | ↑ +479% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $1,364.70 | ↑ +516% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,478.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,478.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $1,478.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,478.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,478.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,478.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Red cell mass multiple at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $221.70 | $95.43 – $1,104.54 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $217.58 | $95.43 – $637.33 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $221.70 | $95.43 – $1,104.54 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $221.70 | $116.00 – $1,074.72 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $221.70 | $95.43 – $1,236.21 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $316.89 | $82.27 – $985.78 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $221.70 | $95.43 – $1,182.29 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $221.70 | $95.43 – $1,073.92 |