Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at Roane County Medical Center
8045 Roane Medical Center Dr, Harriman, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1700036696
$974.16
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$2,952.00
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$569.14 with Optum vs $2,356.00 with BCBS TN — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Optum | VA CCN | $569.14 | ↓ -42% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $569.14 | ↓ -42% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $586.21 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $586.21 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $586.21 | ↓ -40% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $586.21 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | DSNP | $586.21 | ↓ -40% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $591.91 | ↓ -39% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $591.91 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $597.60 | ↓ -39% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $664.20 | ↓ -32% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $787.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $885.60 | ↓ -9% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $959.40 | ↓ -2% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $1,033.20 | ↑ +6% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $1,066.00 | ↑ +9% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $1,107.00 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $1,155.00 | ↑ +19% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $1,180.80 | ↑ +21% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $1,180.80 | ↑ +21% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $1,180.80 | ↑ +21% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,250.00 | ↑ +28% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $1,254.00 | ↑ +29% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $1,254.60 | ↑ +29% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $1,254.60 | ↑ +29% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $1,259.81 | ↑ +29% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $1,298.88 | ↑ +33% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $1,308.00 | ↑ +34% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,328.40 | ↑ +36% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,349.71 | ↑ +39% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $1,526.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,532.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,802.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Cigna | POS | $1,802.00 | ↑ +85% |
| Cigna | OAP | $1,802.00 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $2,356.00 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $2,356.00 | ↑ +142% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $1,476.80 | $532.90 – $1,141.72 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $1,386.17 | $936.60 – $3,278.10 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $702.88 | $491.16 – $1,129.10 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $1,980.91 | $983.43 – $3,278.10 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $383.85 | $581.88 – $1,281.58 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $633.65 | $244.68 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $633.65 | $244.68 – $1,004.50 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $633.65 | $244.68 – $1,004.50 |