Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at Cumberland Medical Center, Inc.
421 S Main St, Crossville, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1871596403
$288.00
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.
$900.00
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.
$254.10 with United Healthcare vs $1,336.62 with Ambetter — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $254.10 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $294.58 | ↑ +2% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $397.65 | ↑ +38% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $405.00 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $447.75 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $447.75 | ↑ +55% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $540.00 | ↑ +88% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $585.00 | ↑ +103% |
| Cigna | IFP | $611.43 | ↑ +112% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $614.10 | ↑ +113% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $627.35 | ↑ +118% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $628.20 | ↑ +118% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $628.20 | ↑ +118% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $628.20 | ↑ +118% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $630.00 | ↑ +119% |
| Cigna | POS | $667.50 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna | HMO | $667.50 | ↑ +132% |
| Cigna | OAP | $667.50 | ↑ +132% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $675.00 | ↑ +134% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $720.00 | ↑ +150% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $720.00 | ↑ +150% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $720.00 | ↑ +150% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $765.00 | ↑ +166% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $765.00 | ↑ +166% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $782.87 | ↑ +172% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $782.87 | ↑ +172% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $792.00 | ↑ +175% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $806.36 | ↑ +180% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $806.36 | ↑ +180% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $806.36 | ↑ +180% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $806.36 | ↑ +180% |
| Humana | DSNP | $806.36 | ↑ +180% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $810.00 | ↑ +181% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $814.18 | ↑ +183% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $814.18 | ↑ +183% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $822.01 | ↑ +185% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $1,336.62 | ↑ +364% |
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Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $368.46 | $27.55 – $1,095.29 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $412.04 | $41.00 – $974.40 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $242.42 | $27.55 – $1,491.86 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $588.82 | $41.00 – $974.40 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $333.45 | $23.66 – $1,638.95 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $368.46 | $27.55 – $1,079.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $368.46 | $27.55 – $1,079.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $368.46 | $28.54 – $1,079.50 |