Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$91.65
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$611.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$54.39 with BLUE CROSS vs $611.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $54.39 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $54.39 | ↓ -41% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $127.09 | ↑ +39% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $139.67 | ↑ +52% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $139.67 | ↑ +52% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $139.80 | ↑ +53% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $141.03 | ↑ +54% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $142.38 | ↑ +55% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $157.70 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $196.29 | ↑ +114% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $200.54 | ↑ +119% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $200.54 | ↑ +119% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $254.79 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $254.79 | ↑ +178% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $254.79 | ↑ +178% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $260.90 | ↑ +185% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $290.77 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $417.00 | ↑ +355% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $435.00 | ↑ +375% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $470.47 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $611.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $611.00 | ↑ +567% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $91.65 | $54.39 – $142.89 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $628.43 | $46.89 – $121.89 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $91.65 | $54.39 – $149.08 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $91.65 | $66.11 – $469.00 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $91.65 | $54.39 – $142.38 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $91.65 | $54.39 – $136.44 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $91.65 | $54.39 – $156.53 |
| Johnson County Community Hospital | MOUNTAIN CITY | $90.16 | $54.39 – $155.05 |