Lactic acid 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

$35.64

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.

$108.00

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.

$5.21 with Wellpoint vs $97.20 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 $5.21 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Tenncare $6.83 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $11.57 ↓ -68%
Tricare Humana Military $11.57 ↓ -68%
Optum VA CCN $11.57 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Options PPO $11.57 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $11.57 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.92 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $11.92 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $11.92 ↓ -67%
Humana DSNP $11.92 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $11.92 ↓ -67%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $12.03 ↓ -66%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $12.03 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health PPO $12.15 ↓ -66%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $12.15 ↓ -66%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $12.15 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $12.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.15 ↓ -66%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $12.15 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $12.15 ↓ -66%
Devoted Health HMO $12.15 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare PPO $12.15 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare HMO $12.15 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $12.15 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $12.15 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $12.15 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $12.15 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare DSNP $12.15 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $12.15 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint DSNP $12.15 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $12.15 ↓ -66%
BCBS TN Blue Care $14.84 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial $17.52 ↓ -51%
Ambetter Exchange $20.94 ↓ -41%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $22.55 ↓ -37%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $22.55 ↓ -37%
Cigna IFP $23.59 ↓ -34%
Cigna Local Plus $23.69 ↓ -34%
Cigna POS $25.75 ↓ -28%
Cigna OAP $25.75 ↓ -28%
Cigna HMO $25.75 ↓ -28%
EHN Network Lease $48.60 ↑ +36%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $64.80 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $70.20 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $75.60 ↑ +112%
NovaNet Network Lease $81.00 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $86.40 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $86.40 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $86.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $91.80 ↑ +158%
CCN Managed Care PPO $91.80 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $95.04 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $97.20 ↑ +173%

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