Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at Roane County Medical Center

8045 Roane Medical Center Dr, Harriman, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1700036696

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$349.80

Cash price

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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.

$1,060.00

Gross charge

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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.

$477.00 with EHN vs $2,945.00 with BCBS TN — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
EHN Network Lease $477.00 ↑ +36%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $636.00 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $689.00 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $742.00 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $795.00 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $848.00 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $848.00 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $848.00 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $901.00 ↑ +158%
CCN Managed Care PPO $901.00 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $932.80 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $954.00 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare Tenncare $989.00 ↑ +183%
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,155.00 ↑ +230%
Cigna IFP $1,250.00 ↑ +257%
Ambetter Exchange $1,308.00 ↑ +274%
Aetna Commercial $1,349.71 ↑ +286%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,391.00 ↑ +298%
Optum VA CCN $1,498.45 ↑ +328%
Tricare Humana Military $1,498.45 ↑ +328%
Cigna Local Plus $1,532.00 ↑ +338%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,543.40 ↑ +341%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,543.40 ↑ +341%
Humana DSNP $1,543.40 ↑ +341%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,543.40 ↑ +341%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,543.40 ↑ +341%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,558.39 ↑ +346%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,558.39 ↑ +346%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Wellpoint DSNP $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Devoted Health HMO $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
United Healthcare DSNP $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Devoted Health PPO $1,573.37 ↑ +350%
Cigna OAP $1,802.00 ↑ +415%
Cigna HMO $1,802.00 ↑ +415%
Cigna POS $1,802.00 ↑ +415%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,894.00 ↑ +441%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,227.00 ↑ +537%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,717.00 ↑ +677%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,945.00 ↑ +742%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,945.00 ↑ +742%

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Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1,480.32 $733.50 – $1,141.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $773.75 $522.80 – $1,829.80
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $1,105.73 $548.94 – $1,829.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $418.80 $1,280.49 – $3,359.76
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1,480.32 $526.32 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1,480.32 $526.32 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1,480.32 $526.32 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $1,480.32 $954.50 – $1,217.22

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