Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination 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

$32.34

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.

$98.00

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.

$18.51 with United Healthcare vs $126.68 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 $18.51 ↓ -43%
BCBS TN Blue Care $32.71 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial $41.30 ↑ +28%
EHN Network Lease $44.10 ↑ +36%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $46.13 ↑ +43%
Optum VA CCN $47.28 ↑ +46%
Tricare Humana Military $47.28 ↑ +46%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $48.70 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $48.70 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $48.70 ↑ +51%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $48.70 ↑ +51%
Humana DSNP $48.70 ↑ +51%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $49.17 ↑ +52%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $49.17 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $49.47 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Options PPO $49.47 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $49.47 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $49.64 ↑ +53%
Devoted Health HMO $49.64 ↑ +53%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $49.64 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare DSNP $49.64 ↑ +53%
Devoted Health PPO $49.64 ↑ +53%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $49.64 ↑ +53%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $49.64 ↑ +53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $49.64 ↑ +53%
Cigna Medicare PPO $49.64 ↑ +53%
Cigna Medicare HMO $49.64 ↑ +53%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $49.64 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $49.64 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $49.64 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $49.64 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $49.64 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $49.64 ↑ +53%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $49.64 ↑ +53%
Wellpoint DSNP $49.64 ↑ +53%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $49.72 ↑ +54%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $49.72 ↑ +54%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $58.80 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $63.70 ↑ +97%
Cigna IFP $64.92 ↑ +101%
Cigna Local Plus $65.21 ↑ +102%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $68.60 ↑ +112%
Cigna OAP $70.88 ↑ +119%
Cigna HMO $70.88 ↑ +119%
Cigna POS $70.88 ↑ +119%
NovaNet Network Lease $73.50 ↑ +127%
National Provider Network PPO $78.40 ↑ +142%
Direct Care America PPO $78.40 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $78.40 ↑ +142%
Beech Street PPO $83.30 ↑ +158%
CCN Managed Care PPO $83.30 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $86.24 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $88.20 ↑ +173%
Ambetter Exchange $126.68 ↑ +292%

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Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $104.06 $9.57 – $92.08
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $173.76 $14.24 – $410.90
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $31.97 $9.57 – $97.58
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $248.31 $14.24 – $410.90
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $45.15 $16.17 – $106.01
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $104.06 $9.57 – $92.08
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $104.06 $9.57 – $92.08
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $104.06 $14.30 – $92.08

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