Speech audiometry complete 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

$9.45

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.

$63.00

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.

$16.26 with SENTARA HEALTH vs $122.00 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.

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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
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $16.26 ↑ +72%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $20.60 ↑ +118%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $20.60 ↑ +118%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $20.61 ↑ +118%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $22.10 ↑ +134%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $26.27 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $26.27 ↑ +178%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $26.27 ↑ +178%
AETNA AETNA $26.90 ↑ +185%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $29.23 ↑ +209%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $29.98 ↑ +217%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $42.25 ↑ +347%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA $42.25 ↑ +347%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $42.29 ↑ +348%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $42.66 ↑ +351%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $43.07 ↑ +356%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $48.51 ↑ +413%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $55.96 ↑ +492%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $55.96 ↑ +492%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $55.96 ↑ +492%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $55.96 ↑ +492%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $55.96 ↑ +492%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $55.96 ↑ +492%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $55.96 ↑ +492%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $57.64 ↑ +510%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $57.64 ↑ +510%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $58.20 ↑ +516%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $58.20 ↑ +516%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $58.76 ↑ +522%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $58.76 ↑ +522%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $58.76 ↑ +522%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $58.76 ↑ +522%
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE $58.76 ↑ +522%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $59.32 ↑ +528%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $63.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $63.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $63.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY $63.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $63.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HMO $63.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM EXCHANGE $63.00 ↑ +567%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $63.00 ↑ +567%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $63.00 ↑ +567%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $63.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $63.00 ↑ +567%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $122.00 ↑ +1191%

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Speech audiometry complete at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $9.45 $12.37 – $120.01
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $9.45 $20.60 – $122.00
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $31.71 $17.76 – $108.78
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $9.45 $17.18 – $116.68
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $17.76 – $79.65
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $17.18 – $78.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $17.18 – $78.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $17.18 – $78.50

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