Vaginal bx at Franklin Woods Community Hospital
300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628
$246.60
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.
$1,644.00
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.
$134.25 with AMERIGROUP vs $1,644.00 with BLUE CROSS — 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 | $134.25 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $157.00 | ↓ -36% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $180.00 | ↓ -27% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $183.56 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $189.07 | ↓ -23% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $190.90 | ↓ -23% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $190.90 | ↓ -23% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $192.74 | ↓ -22% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $192.74 | ↓ -22% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $192.74 | ↓ -22% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $193.00 | ↓ -22% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $194.57 | ↓ -21% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $231.00 | ↓ -6% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $400.16 | ↑ +62% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $476.27 | ↑ +93% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $720.06 | ↑ +192% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $720.06 | ↑ +192% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $748.86 | ↑ +204% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $748.86 | ↑ +204% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $1,048.87 | ↑ +325% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $1,082.00 | ↑ +339% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,397.40 | ↑ +467% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $1,644.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $1,644.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $1,644.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $1,644.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $1,644.00 | ↑ +567% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $1,644.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $1,644.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $1,644.00 | ↑ +567% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $1,644.00 | ↑ +567% |
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Vaginal bx at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $246.60 | $152.65 – $663.57 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $44.16 | $159.81 – $367.38 |
| 62-0123940 BMH Collierville | Collierville | $56.28 | $175.00 – $368.42 |
| Indian Path Community Hospital | KINGSPORT | $246.60 | $148.42 – $633.63 |
| 62-1138045 BMH Union City | Union City | $37.00 | $159.81 – $367.38 |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital | ELIZABETHTON | $246.60 | $148.42 – $720.06 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $173.39 – $2,225.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | not published | $65.49 – $2,225.50 |