34/100
#1,768 nationally
Johnson City Medical Center
400 N State Of Franklin Rd, Johnson City, TN 37604 · (423) 431-6111
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Johnson City Medical Center billed $5.65 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 137
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in TN
- #37
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
301 | $20,548 | $2,775 | -19% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
253 | $70,183 | $15,307 | +8% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
219 | $16,847 | $2,317 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $11,831 | $1,394 | +17% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $76,210 | $9,486 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $20,512 | $2,732 | +7% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
104 | $53,043 | $11,310 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $31,955 | $2,451 | +81% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $11,748 | $11,164 | -67% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $113,519 | $12,958 | +19% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$331,849 | $32,611 | +101% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$222,786 | $24,988 | +98% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,955 | $2,451 | +81% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,095 | $7,125 | +80% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$259,647 | $47,838 | +79% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$258,460 | $28,498 | +74% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$210,007 | $23,733 | +69% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$215,186 | $25,669 | +66% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$11,748 | $11,164 | -67% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$39,419 | $14,000 | -48% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$26,863 | $12,824 | -46% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Major Complications
MS-DRG 183 · Inpatient stay |
$40,331 | $12,830 | -42% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$69,701 | $19,204 | -39% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$20,475 | $6,993 | -35% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$175,987 | $46,394 | -34% |
|
Pneumothorax with Complications
MS-DRG 200 · Inpatient stay |
$31,512 | $9,250 | -34% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.