Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at Franklin Woods Community Hospital
300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628
$11.98
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.
$79.88
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.
$0.01 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $19.50 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $5.65 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $7.25 | ↓ -39% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $7.57 | ↓ -37% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $7.57 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $7.62 | ↓ -36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $7.62 | ↓ -36% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $9.05 | ↓ -24% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $9.42 | ↓ -21% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $12.44 | ↑ +4% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $13.65 | ↑ +14% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $16.58 | ↑ +38% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $19.50 | ↑ +63% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $19.50 | ↑ +63% |
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Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $5.76 | $0.01 – $0.01 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $20.96 | $0.05 – $0.18 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $29.96 | $0.06 – $0.18 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $5.76 | $11.79 – $11.79 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $5.77 | $0.01 – $0.01 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $11.98 | $0.01 – $0.01 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $11.08 | $0.01 – $0.01 |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital | ELIZABETHTON | $11.08 | $0.01 – $0.01 |