X-ray small intestine follow-through study at Franklin Woods Community Hospital
300 MED TECH PKWY., JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1114033628
$69.30
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.
$462.00
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.
$49.34 with BLUE CROSS vs $462.00 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 | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $49.34 | ↓ -29% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $53.88 | ↓ -22% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $133.84 | ↑ +93% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $160.04 | ↑ +131% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $160.04 | ↑ +131% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $166.44 | ↑ +140% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $166.44 | ↑ +140% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $196.78 | ↑ +184% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $200.66 | ↑ +190% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $200.66 | ↑ +190% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $294.76 | ↑ +325% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $320.00 | ↑ +362% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $323.40 | ↑ +367% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $364.00 | ↑ +425% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $392.70 | ↑ +467% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $462.00 | ↑ +567% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $462.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $462.00 | ↑ +567% |
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X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $69.30 | $40.59 – $153.39 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $96.08 | $34.99 – $103.90 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $236.80 | $52.08 – $560.00 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $160.54 | $34.99 – $69.23 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $338.40 | $52.08 – $560.00 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $96.08 | $34.99 – $101.83 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $96.08 | $34.99 – $101.83 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $96.08 | $50.81 – $101.83 |