X-ray ankle 2 views (both sides) at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$69.30
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.
$462.00
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.
$16.48 with BLUE CROSS vs $417.00 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 | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $16.48 | ↓ -76% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $16.48 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $26.88 | ↓ -61% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $27.44 | ↓ -60% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $35.86 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $35.86 | ↓ -48% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $35.89 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $36.21 | ↓ -48% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $36.55 | ↓ -47% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $41.28 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $41.28 | ↓ -40% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $41.28 | ↓ -40% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $41.28 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $41.28 | ↓ -40% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $41.28 | ↓ -40% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $41.28 | ↓ -40% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $42.52 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $42.52 | ↓ -39% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $42.93 | ↓ -38% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $42.93 | ↓ -38% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $43.34 | ↓ -37% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $43.34 | ↓ -37% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $43.34 | ↓ -37% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $43.34 | ↓ -37% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $43.34 | ↓ -37% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $43.75 | ↓ -37% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $46.10 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $59.82 | ↓ -14% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $61.12 | ↓ -12% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $61.12 | ↓ -12% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $89.99 | ↑ +30% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $99.07 | ↑ +43% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $102.93 | ↑ +49% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $107.63 | ↑ +55% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $109.36 | ↑ +58% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $128.67 | ↑ +86% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $169.56 | ↑ +145% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $169.56 | ↑ +145% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $169.56 | ↑ +145% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $178.06 | ↑ +157% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $198.45 | ↑ +186% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $224.00 | ↑ +223% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $233.00 | ↑ +236% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $321.09 | ↑ +363% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $370.00 | ↑ +434% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $417.00 | ↑ +502% |
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X-ray ankle 2 views (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $81.39 | $14.21 – $127.70 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $180.27 | $21.15 – $426.30 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $93.38 | $14.21 – $160.80 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $257.61 | $21.15 – $426.30 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $69.30 | $16.48 – $88.52 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $81.39 | $14.21 – $127.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $110.46 | $14.21 – $127.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $81.39 | $21.23 – $127.70 |