Biopsy roof of mouth 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

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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.

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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.

$989.00 with United Healthcare 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
United Healthcare Tenncare $989.00
Cigna IFP $1,250.00
Ambetter Exchange $1,308.00
Aetna Commercial $1,349.71
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $1,391.00
Optum VA CCN $1,407.71
Tricare Humana Military $1,407.71
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,449.94
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $1,449.94
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $1,449.94
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $1,449.94
Humana DSNP $1,449.94
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $1,464.02
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $1,464.02
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $1,478.10
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $1,478.10
United Healthcare DSNP $1,478.10
Devoted Health PPO $1,478.10
Devoted Health HMO $1,478.10
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $1,478.10
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $1,478.10
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,478.10
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,478.10
Cigna Medicare PPO $1,478.10
Cigna Medicare HMO $1,478.10
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $1,478.10
Wellpoint DSNP $1,478.10
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $1,478.10
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $1,478.10
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $1,478.10
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $1,478.10
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $1,478.10
Cigna Local Plus $1,532.00
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00
Cigna HMO $1,802.00
Cigna OAP $1,802.00
Cigna POS $1,802.00
United Healthcare All Other Plans $1,894.00
United Healthcare Heritage Select $2,227.00
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,717.00
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $2,945.00
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $2,945.00
USA Managed Care Organization PPO not published by hospital
National Provider Network PPO not published by hospital
Beech Street PPO not published by hospital
NovaNet Network Lease not published by hospital
Galaxy Health Network PPO not published by hospital
CCN Managed Care PPO not published by hospital
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit not published by hospital
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims not published by hospital
Direct Care America PPO not published by hospital
EHN Network Lease not published by hospital
Initial Group PPO not published by hospital
MedSave USA Commercial not published by hospital

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Biopsy roof of mouth at other Tennessee hospitals

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville not published $733.50 – $1,534.53
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville not published $323.33 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta not published $323.33 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville not published $323.33 – $1,004.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro not published $954.50 – $1,636.56
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville not published $954.50 – $1,004.50
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville not published $1,288.59 – $2,712.82
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville not published $168.31 – $1,478.10

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