Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet 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

$1.71

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.

$5.18

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.

$0.15 with United Healthcare vs $1.48 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
United Healthcare Options PPO $0.15 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $0.15 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $0.15 ↓ -91%
Cigna POS $0.16 ↓ -91%
Cigna OAP $0.16 ↓ -91%
Cigna Local Plus $0.16 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $0.16 ↓ -91%
Cigna HMO $0.16 ↓ -91%
BCBS TN Blue Care $0.34 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial $0.63 ↓ -63%
EHN Network Lease $0.74 ↓ -57%
Ambetter Exchange $0.82 ↓ -52%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $0.99 ↓ -42%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $1.02 ↓ -40%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $1.02 ↓ -40%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $1.07 ↓ -37%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $1.15 ↓ -33%
NovaNet Network Lease $1.23 ↓ -28%
National Provider Network PPO $1.32 ↓ -23%
MedSave USA Commercial $1.32 ↓ -23%
Direct Care America PPO $1.32 ↓ -23%
Beech Street PPO $1.40 ↓ -18%
CCN Managed Care PPO $1.40 ↓ -18%
Initial Group PPO $1.45 ↓ -15%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1.48 ↓ -13%

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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $1.68 $0.26 – $0.51
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $33.44 $0.32 – $15.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $1.33 $0.24 – $0.31
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $47.78 $0.32 – $15.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $0.72 $0.51 – $2.83
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $1.68 $0.26 – $0.51
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $1.68 $0.26 – $0.51
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $1.68 $0.26 – $0.51

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