Abd/low ext cath 1st at Franklin Woods Community Hospital

300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$813.30

Cash price

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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.

$5,422.00

Gross charge

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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.

$157.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $5,422.00 with SEVEN CORNERS, INC. — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $157.00 ↓ -81%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $180.00 ↓ -78%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $193.00 ↓ -76%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $231.00 ↓ -72%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $354.29 ↓ -56%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $401.00 ↓ -51%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $410.00 ↓ -50%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $410.00 ↓ -50%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $925.28 ↑ +14%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $925.28 ↑ +14%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $962.29 ↑ +18%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $962.29 ↑ +18%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $1,570.75 ↑ +93%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $2,103.74 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $2,103.74 ↑ +159%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $2,515.81 ↑ +209%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $2,618.83 ↑ +222%
AETNA AETNA $3,459.24 ↑ +325%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $4,608.70 ↑ +467%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $5,422.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $5,422.00 ↑ +567%

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Abd/low ext cath 1st at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $813.30 $354.29 – $886.80
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $3,609.77 $2,118.00 – $3,422.09
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,511.68 $1,021.40 – $5,206.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $434.93 $98.00 – $241.79
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,160.27 $1,072.47 – $5,206.00
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $3,609.77 $2,118.00 – $3,648.60
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $813.30 $354.29 – $925.28
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $813.30 $354.29 – $883.70

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