Mra, w/o&w/dye, spinal canal at Franklin Woods Community Hospital
300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628
$537.15
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.
$3,581.00
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.
$316.76 with BLUE CROSS vs $3,581.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — 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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| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $316.76 | ↓ -41% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $326.26 | ↓ -39% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $329.43 | ↓ -39% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $329.43 | ↓ -39% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $332.60 | ↓ -38% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $332.60 | ↓ -38% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $332.60 | ↓ -38% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $335.76 | ↓ -37% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $381.22 | ↓ -29% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $474.04 | ↓ -12% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $480.63 | ↓ -11% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $517.75 | ↓ -4% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $690.54 | ↑ +29% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $703.41 | ↑ +31% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $703.41 | ↑ +31% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $731.55 | ↑ +36% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $731.55 | ↑ +36% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $786.00 | ↑ +46% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $923.00 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $923.00 | ↑ +72% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,025.00 | ↑ +91% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $1,037.42 | ↑ +93% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $2,284.68 | ↑ +325% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $2,506.70 | ↑ +367% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $2,898.37 | ↑ +440% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $2,938.00 | ↑ +447% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $2,957.52 | ↑ +451% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $2,957.52 | ↑ +451% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $3,043.85 | ↑ +467% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $3,354.00 | ↑ +524% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $3,581.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $3,581.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3,581.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Mra, w/o&w/dye, spinal canal at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $537.15 | $325.55 – $709.70 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $527.16 | $267.02 – $786.00 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $537.15 | $192.25 – $709.70 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $537.15 | $320.42 – $794.30 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $537.15 | $320.42 – $794.30 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $1,330.77 | $310.67 – $654.04 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $537.15 | $316.52 – $759.66 |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital | ROGERSVILLE | $537.15 | $267.02 – $725.22 |