Plmt biliary drainage cath 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

$2,320.56

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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$7,032.00

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.

$1,575.00 with BCBS TN vs $5,705.00 with United Healthcare — 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
BCBS TN Blue Care $1,575.00 ↓ -32%
EHN Network Lease $1,582.20 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial $1,808.27 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Tenncare $1,906.00 ↓ -18%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $2,109.60 ↓ -9%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $2,285.40 ↓ -2%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $2,461.20 ↑ +6%
NovaNet Network Lease $2,637.00 ↑ +14%
Direct Care America PPO $2,812.80 ↑ +21%
MedSave USA Commercial $2,812.80 ↑ +21%
National Provider Network PPO $2,812.80 ↑ +21%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $2,875.00 ↑ +24%
Beech Street PPO $2,988.60 ↑ +29%
CCN Managed Care PPO $2,988.60 ↑ +29%
Initial Group PPO $3,094.08 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,164.40 ↑ +36%
Cigna IFP $3,186.00 ↑ +37%
Optum VA CCN $3,248.41 ↑ +40%
Tricare Humana Military $3,248.41 ↑ +40%
Ambetter Exchange $3,332.00 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $3,345.86 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $3,345.86 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $3,345.86 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,345.86 ↑ +44%
Humana DSNP $3,345.86 ↑ +44%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $3,378.35 ↑ +46%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $3,378.35 ↑ +46%
Devoted Health HMO $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint DSNP $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Cigna Medicare HMO $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare DSNP $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Devoted Health PPO $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Cigna Medicare PPO $3,410.83 ↑ +47%
Cigna Local Plus $3,907.00 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $3,976.00 ↑ +71%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $4,238.00 ↑ +83%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $4,238.00 ↑ +83%
Cigna POS $4,595.00 ↑ +98%
Cigna OAP $4,595.00 ↑ +98%
Cigna HMO $4,595.00 ↑ +98%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $4,675.00 ↑ +101%
United Healthcare Options PPO $5,705.00 ↑ +146%

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Plmt biliary drainage cath at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $2,585.24 $2,543.00 – $3,142.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $1,943.24 $1,313.00 – $4,595.50
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $2,169.59 $2,364.00 – $6,444.92
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $2,777.00 $1,378.65 – $4,595.50
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $1,823.55 $2,765.29 – $7,283.43
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $2,585.24 $3,006.00 – $3,160.00
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $1,823.55 $2,472.81 – $7,283.43
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $1,823.55 $2,962.41 – $8,151.73

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