Liver Function Test at Franklin Woods Community Hospital

300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$13.65

Cash price

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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.

$91.00

Gross charge

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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.

$4.09 with AMERIGROUP vs $91.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $4.09 ↓ -70%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY $8.17 ↓ -40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UHC HERITAGE SELECT $8.17 ↓ -40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $8.17 ↓ -40%
UNITED HEALTHCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $8.17 ↓ -40%
AETNA AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $8.17 ↓ -40%
HUMANA HUMANA MEDICARE $8.17 ↓ -40%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT $8.17 ↓ -40%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA $8.17 ↓ -40%
ALLCARE MEDICARE ALLCARE MEDICARE $8.17 ↓ -40%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $8.17 ↓ -40%
MANAGED MEDICAIRE MANAGED MEDICAIRE $8.17 ↓ -40%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA MEDICARE $8.17 ↓ -40%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA $8.17 ↓ -40%
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE $8.17 ↓ -40%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE $8.42 ↓ -38%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE $8.50 ↓ -38%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS MEDICARE $8.50 ↓ -38%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA MEDICARE $8.58 ↓ -37%
NHC ADVANTAGE NHC ADVANTAGE $8.58 ↓ -37%
DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE $8.58 ↓ -37%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICARE $8.66 ↓ -37%
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $10.29 ↓ -25%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $10.29 ↓ -25%
UNITED HEALTHCARE TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE $10.41 ↓ -24%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $10.70 ↓ -22%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $10.70 ↓ -22%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $12.35 ↓ -10%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $13.49 ↓ -1%
AMBETTER AMBETTER $17.81 ↑ +30%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $18.04 ↑ +32%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $23.10 ↑ +69%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $26.36 ↑ +93%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $32.22 ↑ +136%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $32.22 ↑ +136%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $32.22 ↑ +136%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS E NETWORK $38.49 ↑ +182%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS P NETWORK $39.24 ↑ +187%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS S NETWORK $39.24 ↑ +187%
AETNA AETNA $58.06 ↑ +325%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $77.35 ↑ +467%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $91.00 ↑ +567%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $91.00 ↑ +567%

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Liver Function Test at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $13.65 $4.09 – $17.81
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $105.26 $2.94 – $31.60
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $150.08 $7.25 – $354.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $95.68 $7.11 – $16.34
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $214.47 $7.25 – $354.90
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $105.26 $5.73 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $105.26 $5.73 – $31.60
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $105.26 $5.73 – $31.60

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