Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at Johnson City Medical Center
400 N. STATE OF FRANKLIN RD, JOHNSON CITY, TN · Balladhealth · · NPI 1972606465
$46.65
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$311.00
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.
$39.52 with BLUE CROSS vs $207.00 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 | $39.52 | ↓ -15% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA MEDICARE | $55.05 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA | $55.05 | ↑ +18% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA MEDICARE | $55.05 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $55.05 | ↑ +18% |
| MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | MOUNTAIN EMPIRE PACE | $55.05 | ↑ +18% |
| MANAGED MEDICAIRE | MANAGED MEDICAIRE | $55.05 | ↑ +18% |
| ALLCARE MEDICARE | ALLCARE MEDICARE | $55.05 | ↑ +18% |
| AETNA | AETNA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $55.05 | ↑ +18% |
| AMERIGROUP | AMERIGROUP MEDICARE WELLPOINT | $55.05 | ↑ +18% |
| HUMANA | HUMANA MEDICARE | $55.05 | ↑ +18% |
| BLUE CROSS | ANTHEM MEDICARE VIRGINIA | $56.70 | ↑ +22% |
| AETNA | AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF VIRGINIA MEDICARE | $56.70 | ↑ +22% |
| BLUE CROSS | BLUE CROSS MEDICARE | $57.25 | ↑ +23% |
| MOLINA HEALTHCARE | MOLINA HEALTHCARE MEDICARE | $57.25 | ↑ +23% |
| NHC ADVANTAGE | NHC ADVANTAGE | $57.80 | ↑ +24% |
| CIGNA HEALTHCARE | CIGNA MEDICARE | $57.80 | ↑ +24% |
| DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN | DEVOTED HEALTH PLAN MEDICARE | $57.80 | ↑ +24% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICARE | $58.35 | ↑ +25% |
| SENTARA HEALTH | SENTARA HEALTH | $72.22 | ↑ +55% |
| MEDCOST | MEDCOST VHN | $72.45 | ↑ +55% |
| AMBETTER | AMBETTER | $120.01 | ↑ +157% |
| AETNA | AETNA | $132.07 | ↑ +183% |
| FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY | $155.25 | ↑ +233% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | TENNCARE UNITED HEALTHCARE | $161.00 | ↑ +245% |
| SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | SEVEN CORNERS, INC. | $207.00 | ↑ +344% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE RIVER VALLEY | $207.00 | ↑ +344% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UNITED HEALTHCARE | $207.00 | ↑ +344% |
| WELLCARE | WELLCARE MEDICAID | $207.00 | ↑ +344% |
| UNITED HEALTHCARE | UHC HERITAGE SELECT | $207.00 | ↑ +344% |
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Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $46.65 | $39.52 – $116.76 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $70.75 | $20.14 – $167.30 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $19.32 | $47.19 – $108.48 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $101.10 | $20.14 – $167.30 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $45.54 | $15.69 – $15.69 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $46.65 | $15.69 – $120.01 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $46.65 | $15.69 – $134.31 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $46.65 | $15.69 – $134.31 |