Vaccine tdap >=7 years im 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

$79.54

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.

$530.25

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.

$35.05 with BLUE CROSS vs $530.25 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.

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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
BLUE CROSS ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD $35.05 ↓ -56%
OPTIMA HEALTH OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID $35.05 ↓ -56%
MOLINA HEALTHCARE MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID $36.45 ↓ -54%
AETNA AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA $36.46 ↓ -54%
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $43.50 ↓ -45%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $84.67 ↑ +6%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $92.48 ↑ +16%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $96.10 ↑ +21%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $127.76 ↑ +61%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $127.76 ↑ +61%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $127.76 ↑ +61%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $153.61 ↑ +93%
AETNA AETNA $338.30 ↑ +325%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $450.71 ↑ +467%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $530.25 ↑ +567%
WELLCARE WELLCARE MEDICAID $530.25 ↑ +567%

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Vaccine tdap >=7 years im at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $79.54 $1.00 – $33.60
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $101.06 $46.71 – $81.74
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $60.63 $40.97 – $143.38
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $86.64 $43.02 – $143.38
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $101.06 $46.71 – $81.74
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $101.06 $46.71 – $81.74
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $101.06 $46.71 – $81.74
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $101.06 $46.71 – $81.74

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