Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at Franklin Woods Community Hospital
300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628
$49.65
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.
$331.00
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.
$26.57 with AMERIGROUP vs $331.00 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.
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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| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $26.57 | ↓ -46% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $33.91 | ↓ -32% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $34.93 | ↓ -30% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $35.27 | ↓ -29% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $35.27 | ↓ -29% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $35.61 | ↓ -28% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $35.61 | ↓ -28% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $35.61 | ↓ -28% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $35.95 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $41.08 | ↓ -17% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $73.93 | ↑ +49% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $79.90 | ↑ +61% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $79.90 | ↑ +61% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $83.09 | ↑ +67% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $83.10 | ↑ +67% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $95.89 | ↑ +93% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $128.43 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $128.43 | ↑ +159% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $153.58 | ↑ +209% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $159.87 | ↑ +222% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $211.18 | ↑ +325% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $219.00 | ↑ +341% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $227.04 | ↑ +357% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $227.04 | ↑ +357% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $227.04 | ↑ +357% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $231.70 | ↑ +367% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $244.00 | ↑ +391% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $281.35 | ↑ +467% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $331.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $331.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $331.00 | ↑ +567% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $49.65 | $30.21 – $75.98 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $49.65 | $16.43 – $79.90 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $49.65 | $27.38 – $85.04 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $49.65 | $27.38 – $85.04 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $49.65 | $29.37 – $81.33 |
| 62-1138045 BMH Union City | Union City | $12.40 | $31.18 – $71.68 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $49.65 | $22.82 – $82.38 |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital | ELIZABETHTON | $49.65 | $29.37 – $79.90 |