Sodium hyaluronate 20 mg/2 ml syringe 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

$421.14

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.

$2,807.62

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.

$53.30 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $2,807.62 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
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $53.30 ↓ -87%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $102.06 ↓ -76%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $104.22 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $106.54 ↓ -75%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $106.54 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $125.88 ↓ -70%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $135.55 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $135.55 ↓ -68%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $137.63 ↓ -67%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $137.63 ↓ -67%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $137.76 ↓ -67%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $138.97 ↓ -67%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $140.30 ↓ -67%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $724.65 ↑ +72%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $1,170.78 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $1,170.78 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $1,170.78 ↑ +178%
AETNA AETNA $1,198.85 ↑ +185%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $1,336.15 ↑ +217%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $2,161.87 ↑ +413%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $2,807.62 ↑ +567%

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Sodium hyaluronate 20 mg/2 ml syringe at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SKYLINE MADISON CAMPUS NASHVILLE $259.98 $90.42 – $193.37
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $347.61 $43.07 – $496.58
Roane County Medical Center Harriman $266.78 $43.07 – $496.58
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville $234.44 $43.07 – $496.58
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City $266.78 $43.07 – $496.58
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $266.78 $43.07 – $496.58
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $266.78 $43.07 – $496.58
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville $258.69 $51.68 – $496.58

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