ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at Franklin Woods Community Hospital
300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628
$456.15
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.
$3,041.00
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.
$51.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE vs $3,041.00 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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| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $51.00 | ↓ -89% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $60.00 | ↓ -87% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $306.00 | ↓ -33% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $333.00 | ↓ -27% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $540.71 | ↑ +19% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $556.93 | ↑ +22% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $562.34 | ↑ +23% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $562.34 | ↑ +23% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $567.75 | ↑ +24% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $567.75 | ↑ +24% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $567.75 | ↑ +24% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $573.15 | ↑ +26% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $880.98 | ↑ +93% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $882.00 | ↑ +93% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $901.00 | ↑ +98% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $901.00 | ↑ +98% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,178.75 | ↑ +158% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,305.00 | ↑ +186% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,587.00 | ↑ +248% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,587.00 | ↑ +248% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,741.00 | ↑ +282% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,760.00 | ↑ +286% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,834.00 | ↑ +302% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,940.16 | ↑ +325% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,987.00 | ↑ +336% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $2,575.00 | ↑ +465% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $2,584.85 | ↑ +467% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $3,041.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $3,041.00 | ↑ +567% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | not published by hospital | — |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | not published by hospital | — |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | not published by hospital | — |
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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $456.15 | $555.72 – $1,211.46 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $960.00 | $158.13 – $4,025.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $789.73 | $322.19 – $1,734.20 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $1,081.69 | $137.97 – $1,119.66 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,128.57 | $322.19 – $1,734.20 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $960.02 | $158.13 – $4,025.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $960.02 | $158.13 – $4,025.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $960.02 | $158.13 – $4,025.00 |