X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK BLVD, BRISTOL, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1124058615
$72.75
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.
$485.00
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.
$38.66 with BLUE CROSS vs $485.00 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 | $38.66 | ↓ -47% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $38.66 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $45.29 | ↓ -38% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $64.98 | ↓ -11% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $71.72 | ↓ -1% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $71.72 | ↓ -1% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $71.79 | ↓ -1% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $72.41 | ↓ -0% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $73.11 | ↑ +0% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $88.07 | ↑ +21% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $99.18 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $99.18 | ↑ +36% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $99.18 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $99.18 | ↑ +36% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $99.18 | ↑ +36% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $99.18 | ↑ +36% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $99.18 | ↑ +36% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $102.15 | ↑ +40% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $102.15 | ↑ +40% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $103.14 | ↑ +42% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $103.14 | ↑ +42% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $104.14 | ↑ +43% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $104.14 | ↑ +43% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $104.14 | ↑ +43% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $104.14 | ↑ +43% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $104.14 | ↑ +43% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $105.13 | ↑ +45% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $125.18 | ↑ +72% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $139.83 | ↑ +92% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $142.86 | ↑ +96% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $142.86 | ↑ +96% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $207.10 | ↑ +185% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $216.21 | ↑ +197% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $224.00 | ↑ +208% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $230.81 | ↑ +217% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $233.00 | ↑ +220% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $238.03 | ↑ +227% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM EXCHANGE | $247.30 | ↑ +240% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HMO | $262.76 | ↑ +261% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $285.67 | ↑ +293% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $285.67 | ↑ +293% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $285.67 | ↑ +293% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM PPO, TRADITIONAL INDEMNITY | $309.14 | ↑ +325% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $370.00 | ↑ +409% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $373.45 | ↑ +413% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $485.00 | ↑ +567% |
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X-ray lumbosacral spine complete including bending views >= 6 views at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $244.16 | $33.33 – $179.33 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $365.27 | $49.61 – $863.80 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $159.16 | $33.33 – $194.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $521.99 | $49.61 – $863.80 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $72.75 | $38.66 – $212.67 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $187.68 | $33.33 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $187.68 | $33.33 – $179.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $178.76 | $37.36 – $179.33 |