Tc-99m oxidronate at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$19.05
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.
$127.00
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.
$26.46 with BLUE CROSS vs $115.00 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 |
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| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $26.46 | ↑ +39% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $29.68 | ↑ +56% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $49.11 | ↑ +158% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $54.73 | ↑ +187% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $78.99 | ↑ +315% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $88.55 | ↑ +365% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $115.00 | ↑ +504% |
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Tc-99m oxidronate at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $23.58 | $38.51 – $69.12 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $30.79 | $20.80 – $74.36 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $44.00 | $21.84 – $74.36 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $19.05 | $26.46 – $78.99 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $18.86 | $26.46 – $78.99 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $19.05 | $26.46 – $78.99 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $19.05 | $26.46 – $78.99 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $19.05 | $26.46 – $78.99 |