Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation 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

$47.52

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.

$144.00

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.

$13.23 with United Healthcare vs $197.99 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.

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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 $13.23 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $31.17 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $33.43 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Options PPO $33.43 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $33.43 ↓ -30%
Tricare Humana Military $33.89 ↓ -29%
Optum VA CCN $33.89 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $34.91 ↓ -27%
Humana DSNP $34.91 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $34.91 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $34.91 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $34.91 ↓ -27%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $35.25 ↓ -26%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $35.25 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $35.58 ↓ -25%
Devoted Health HMO $35.58 ↓ -25%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $35.58 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare DSNP $35.58 ↓ -25%
Devoted Health PPO $35.58 ↓ -25%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $35.58 ↓ -25%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $35.58 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $35.58 ↓ -25%
Cigna Medicare PPO $35.58 ↓ -25%
Cigna Medicare HMO $35.58 ↓ -25%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $35.58 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint DSNP $35.58 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $35.58 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $35.58 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $35.58 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $35.58 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $35.58 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $35.58 ↓ -25%
BCBS TN Blue Care $42.85 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $55.44 ↑ +17%
EHN Network Lease $64.80 ↑ +36%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $65.13 ↑ +37%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $65.13 ↑ +37%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $86.40 ↑ +82%
Cigna IFP $91.28 ↑ +92%
Cigna Local Plus $91.68 ↑ +93%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $93.60 ↑ +97%
Cigna POS $99.65 ↑ +110%
Cigna OAP $99.65 ↑ +110%
Cigna HMO $99.65 ↑ +110%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $100.80 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $108.00 ↑ +127%
National Provider Network PPO $115.20 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $115.20 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $115.20 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $122.40 ↑ +158%
CCN Managed Care PPO $122.40 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $126.72 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $129.60 ↑ +173%
Ambetter Exchange $197.99 ↑ +317%

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Cytopathology concentration technique smears & interpretation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $27.60 $6.73 – $120.30
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $14.49 $6.73 – $71.68
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $71.28 $6.73 – $120.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $71.28 $6.73 – $120.30
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $67.86 $8.45 – $120.30
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $67.86 $6.73 – $120.30
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $62.79 $7.81 – $101.49
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $64.05 $6.15 – $75.98

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