Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$496.20
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.
$3,308.00
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.
$92.10 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $3,308.00 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $92.10 | ↓ -81% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $92.10 | ↓ -81% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $92.18 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $92.99 | ↓ -81% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $93.88 | ↓ -81% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $853.79 | ↑ +72% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,412.52 | ↑ +185% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,523.00 | ↑ +207% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,574.28 | ↑ +217% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,547.16 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $3,308.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $3,308.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $3,308.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $3,308.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,417.76 | $16.68 – $21.99 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $188.83 | $9.56 – $17.81 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $496.20 | $90.59 – $94.21 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $1,417.76 | $14.09 – $23.71 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $1,417.76 | $16.94 – $26.71 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $1,417.76 | $16.94 – $33.84 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,417.76 | $16.94 – $21.99 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $496.20 | $98.30 – $98.30 |