Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at Johnson City Medical Center
400 N. STATE OF FRANKLIN RD, JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1972606465
$559.65
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,731.00
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$97.56 with AETNA vs $3,731.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $97.56 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $97.56 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $97.56 | ↓ -83% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $97.56 | ↓ -83% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $97.56 | ↓ -83% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $97.56 | ↓ -83% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $97.56 | ↓ -83% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $97.56 | ↓ -83% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $97.56 | ↓ -83% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $97.56 | ↓ -83% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $100.48 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $100.48 | ↓ -82% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $101.46 | ↓ -82% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $101.46 | ↓ -82% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $102.43 | ↓ -82% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $102.43 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $102.43 | ↓ -82% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $103.41 | ↓ -82% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP | $108.72 | ↓ -81% |
| OPTIMA HEALTH | OPTIMA HEALTH MEDICAID | $135.07 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICAID VIRGINIA | $139.12 | ↓ -75% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM HLTHKEEP MEDICIAD | $139.13 | ↓ -75% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICAID | $140.47 | ↓ -75% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA | $140.48 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $172.70 | ↓ -69% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE CARE | $185.79 | ↓ -67% |
| BLUE CROSS | TENNCARE BLUE SELECT | $185.79 | ↓ -67% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $212.67 | ↓ -62% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE | $361.39 | ↓ -35% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN | $427.00 | ↓ -24% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA HMO | $488.00 | ↓ -13% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS | $488.00 | ↓ -13% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS E NETWORK | $502.39 | ↓ -10% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS P NETWORK | $512.64 | ↓ -8% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS S NETWORK | $512.64 | ↓ -8% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA PPO | $542.00 | ↓ -3% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $1,301.75 | ↑ +133% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $1,305.85 | ↑ +133% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $2,380.38 | ↑ +325% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $2,582.00 | ↑ +361% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $2,798.25 | ↑ +400% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $3,204.00 | ↑ +473% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $3,731.00 | ↑ +567% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $3,731.00 | ↑ +567% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $3,731.00 | ↑ +567% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $559.65 | $94.92 – $206.93 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $784.58 | $91.66 – $562.76 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $626.93 | $78.34 – $1,482.60 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $717.60 | $84.48 – $194.20 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $895.92 | $78.34 – $1,482.60 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $776.76 | $90.33 – $562.76 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $776.76 | $90.33 – $562.76 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $776.76 | $90.33 – $562.76 |