Place right device/marker pros at Franklin Woods Community Hospital
300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628
$683.55
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.
$4,557.00
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.
$133.82 with BLUE CROSS vs $4,557.00 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 | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $133.82 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $934.68 | ↑ +37% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $991.33 | ↑ +45% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $1,256.72 | ↑ +84% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $1,294.42 | ↑ +89% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $1,306.99 | ↑ +91% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $1,306.99 | ↑ +91% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $1,319.56 | ↑ +93% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $1,319.56 | ↑ +93% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $1,319.56 | ↑ +93% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $1,320.16 | ↑ +93% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $1,332.12 | ↑ +95% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $1,456.94 | ↑ +113% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $1,456.94 | ↑ +113% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $1,515.22 | ↑ +122% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $1,515.22 | ↑ +122% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $2,739.65 | ↑ +301% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $2,907.37 | ↑ +325% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $3,100.00 | ↑ +354% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $3,539.00 | ↑ +418% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $3,873.45 | ↑ +467% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $4,557.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $4,557.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $4,557.00 | ↑ +567% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $683.55 | $133.82 – $2,815.67 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,045.48 | $706.40 – $2,472.40 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,494.04 | $741.72 – $2,472.40 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford | Murfreesboro | $1,053.81 | $954.50 – $1,636.56 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $794.85 | $194.75 – $2,505.84 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $683.55 | $133.82 – $3,013.89 |
| 62-1138045 BMH Union City | Union City | $727.80 | $1,086.97 – $2,498.78 |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital | ELIZABETHTON | $683.55 | $133.82 – $2,737.61 |