Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral 2nd level w/image guidance at Franklin Woods Community Hospital
300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628
$129.90
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$866.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$79.67 with BLUE CROSS vs $1,092.54 with AETNA — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $79.67 | ↓ -39% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $167.45 | ↑ +29% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $215.02 | ↑ +66% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $224.26 | ↑ +73% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $224.26 | ↑ +73% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $226.00 | ↑ +74% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $226.00 | ↑ +74% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $268.19 | ↑ +106% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $275.13 | ↑ +112% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $368.76 | ↑ +184% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $416.16 | ↑ +220% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $416.16 | ↑ +220% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $416.16 | ↑ +220% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $491.30 | ↑ +278% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $578.00 | ↑ +345% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $578.00 | ↑ +345% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,050.52 | ↑ +709% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,050.52 | ↑ +709% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,092.54 | ↑ +741% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,092.54 | ↑ +741% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral 2nd level w/image guidance at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $129.90 | $79.67 – $1,006.83 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $758.24 | $1,141.72 – $2,225.50 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $652.09 | $427.80 – $1,497.30 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $299.00 | $49.86 – $98.00 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $931.87 | $449.19 – $1,497.30 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $758.24 | $1,217.22 – $2,225.50 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $129.90 | $79.67 – $1,050.52 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $129.90 | $79.67 – $1,003.32 |