X-ray skull < 4 views 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

$63.03

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.

$191.00

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.

$22.14 with BCBS TN vs $229.76 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 $22.14 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $38.06 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Tenncare $52.56 ↓ -17%
Cigna IFP $56.59 ↓ -10%
Cigna Local Plus $56.83 ↓ -10%
Cigna HMO $61.78 ↓ -2%
Cigna POS $61.78 ↓ -2%
Cigna OAP $61.78 ↓ -2%
EHN Network Lease $85.95 ↑ +36%
Optum VA CCN $94.85 ↑ +50%
Tricare Humana Military $94.85 ↑ +50%
Humana DSNP $97.70 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $97.70 ↑ +55%
United Healthcare Community Plan DSNP $97.70 ↑ +55%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $97.70 ↑ +55%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $97.70 ↑ +55%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage PPO $98.64 ↑ +56%
Farm Bureau Medicare Advantage HMO $98.64 ↑ +56%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Diamond $99.59 ↑ +58%
Devoted Health HMO $99.59 ↑ +58%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $99.59 ↑ +58%
United Healthcare DSNP $99.59 ↑ +58%
Devoted Health PPO $99.59 ↑ +58%
HealthSpring Medicare PPO $99.59 ↑ +58%
HealthSpring Medicare HMO POS $99.59 ↑ +58%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $99.59 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare PPO $99.59 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare HMO $99.59 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Ruby $99.59 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv PPO $99.59 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential DSNP $99.59 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross of TN BlueEssential HMO $99.59 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare HMO-POS $99.59 ↑ +58%
Wellpoint DSNP $99.59 ↑ +58%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $99.59 ↑ +58%
Blue Cross of TN Med Adv Sapphire $99.59 ↑ +58%
Wellpoint Medicaid Tenncare $104.51 ↑ +66%
Ambetter Exchange $110.83 ↑ +76%
Correctional Medical Services Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims $114.60 ↑ +82%
Community Services Network NonProfit Public Benefit $124.15 ↑ +97%
USA Managed Care Organization PPO $133.70 ↑ +112%
BCBS TN Commercial Network P $141.00 ↑ +124%
BCBS TN Commercial Network S $141.00 ↑ +124%
NovaNet Network Lease $143.25 ↑ +127%
Direct Care America PPO $152.80 ↑ +142%
National Provider Network PPO $152.80 ↑ +142%
MedSave USA Commercial $152.80 ↑ +142%
CCN Managed Care PPO $162.35 ↑ +158%
Beech Street PPO $162.35 ↑ +158%
Initial Group PPO $168.08 ↑ +167%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $171.90 ↑ +173%
United Healthcare All Other Plans $229.76 ↑ +265%
United Healthcare Options PPO $229.76 ↑ +265%
United Healthcare Heritage Select $229.76 ↑ +265%

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X-ray skull < 4 views at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $95.84 $17.71 – $179.33
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $148.00 $26.36 – $350.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $111.78 $17.71 – $194.20
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $211.50 $26.36 – $350.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $65.85 $20.54 – $212.67
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $127.67 $17.71 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $127.67 $17.71 – $179.33
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $121.58 $22.18 – $179.33

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