Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at Franklin Woods Community Hospital
300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628
$471.15
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.
$3,141.00
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.
$453.93 with AMERIGROUP vs $2,437.00 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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| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $453.93 | ↓ -4% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $614.23 | ↑ +30% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $614.23 | ↑ +30% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $638.80 | ↑ +36% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $638.80 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $640.90 | ↑ +36% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $660.13 | ↑ +40% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $666.54 | ↑ +41% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $666.54 | ↑ +41% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $672.95 | ↑ +43% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $672.95 | ↑ +43% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $672.95 | ↑ +43% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $679.36 | ↑ +44% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $701.00 | ↑ +49% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $704.00 | ↑ +49% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $706.00 | ↑ +50% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $762.00 | ↑ +62% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $879.00 | ↑ +87% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $1,054.00 | ↑ +124% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $1,204.00 | ↑ +156% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,266.00 | ↑ +169% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,266.00 | ↑ +169% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $1,397.17 | ↑ +197% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,406.00 | ↑ +198% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,463.00 | ↑ +211% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,554.81 | ↑ +230% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $1,560.00 | ↑ +231% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $1,770.00 | ↑ +276% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $1,807.00 | ↑ +284% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $1,807.00 | ↑ +284% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $2,071.45 | ↑ +340% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $2,437.00 | ↑ +417% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $2,437.00 | ↑ +417% |
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Injection sacroiliac joint anesthesia/steroid without or w/arthrography (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $471.15 | $516.15 – $1,435.94 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $775.85 | $954.50 – $1,141.72 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $633.74 | $428.20 – $1,498.70 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $905.65 | $449.61 – $1,498.70 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $761.37 | $336.03 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $725.12 | $336.03 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $775.85 | $954.50 – $1,217.22 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $471.15 | $461.56 – $1,435.94 |