Culture body fluid 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

$28.71

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.

$87.00

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.

$3.88 with Wellpoint vs $78.30 with Galaxy Health Network — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $3.88 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Tenncare $5.51 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $8.62 ↓ -70%
Tricare Humana Military $8.62 ↓ -70%
Optum VA CCN $8.62 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Options PPO $8.62 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $8.62 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.88 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $8.88 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $8.88 ↓ -69%
Humana DSNP $8.88 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $8.88 ↓ -69%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $8.96 ↓ -69%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $8.96 ↓ -69%
Devoted Health PPO $9.05 ↓ -68%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $9.05 ↓ -68%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $9.05 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $9.05 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.05 ↓ -68%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $9.05 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $9.05 ↓ -68%
Devoted Health HMO $9.05 ↓ -68%
Cigna Medicare PPO $9.05 ↓ -68%
Cigna Medicare HMO $9.05 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $9.05 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $9.05 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $9.05 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $9.05 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare DSNP $9.05 ↓ -68%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $9.05 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint DSNP $9.05 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $9.05 ↓ -68%
BCBS TN Blue Care $11.96 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial $13.05 ↓ -55%
Ambetter Exchange $15.60 ↓ -46%
Cigna IFP $17.34 ↓ -40%
Cigna Local Plus $17.41 ↓ -39%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $18.18 ↓ -37%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $18.18 ↓ -37%
Cigna POS $18.93 ↓ -34%
Cigna OAP $18.93 ↓ -34%
Cigna HMO $18.93 ↓ -34%
EHN Network Lease $39.15 ↑ +36%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $52.20 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $56.55 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $60.90 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $65.25 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $69.60 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $69.60 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $69.60 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $73.95 ↑ +158%
CCN Managed Care PPO $73.95 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $76.56 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $78.30 ↑ +173%

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