Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at 62-1138045 BMH Union City

1201 Bishop Street, Union City, TN · Baptistonline · · NPI 1114981768

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 25, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$659.20

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.

$3,296.00

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.

$418.00 with PPO Holdings vs $3,775.00 with TN BCBS — 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
PPO Holdings Commercial $418.00 ↓ -37%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $440.00 ↓ -33%
TN BCBS TennCare $495.20 ↓ -25%
TN BCBS CoverKids $536.60 ↓ -19%
Littler Commercial $550.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Commercial $634.70 ↓ -4%
Aetna Commercial $688.60 ↑ +4%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $726.00 ↑ +10%
Wellpoint Medicaid $744.81 ↑ +13%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $770.00 ↑ +17%
TriWest Veterans Administration $821.86 ↑ +25%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $825.00 ↑ +25%
MPCN PPO/HMO $825.00 ↑ +25%
NovaSys All $825.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Complementary Network $825.00 ↑ +25%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $856.10 ↑ +30%
VACCN Veterans Administration $856.10 ↑ +30%
Humana Medicare $864.66 ↑ +31%
TN BCBS BlueCare $891.36 ↑ +35%
Aetna Medicare $898.90 ↑ +36%
TN BCBS Medicare $898.90 ↑ +36%
American Health Plan Medicare $898.90 ↑ +36%
Shared Health Medicare $898.90 ↑ +36%
Wellpoint Medicare $898.90 ↑ +36%
TN BCBS DSNP $898.90 ↑ +36%
Oscar Commercial $903.86 ↑ +37%
PPO Plus Commercial $935.00 ↑ +42%
QCA All $990.00 ↑ +50%
Cigna IFP $1,155.53 ↑ +75%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $1,412.57 ↑ +114%
City of Lakeland Commercial $1,412.57 ↑ +114%
Collierville Schools Commercial $1,412.57 ↑ +114%
Town of Collierville Commercial $1,412.57 ↑ +114%
Lakeland School System Commercial $1,412.57 ↑ +114%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $1,412.57 ↑ +114%
City of Bartlett Commercial $1,412.57 ↑ +114%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $1,412.57 ↑ +114%
Cigna Local Plus $1,421.40 ↑ +116%
Magnolia TN Exchange $1,445.35 ↑ +119%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $1,455.37 ↑ +121%
French Camp Academy Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Heavy Machines Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Jas D Collier Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Malco Theaters Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Building Plastic Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Burch Food Services Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Carlisle Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Crittenden County Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
First Community Bank Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Silver Tree Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
State Systems Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
United TN Holdings Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
W G Yates Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
W W Wood Products Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
REI Nation Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Radians Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Retzer Resources Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Security One Commercial $1,540.98 ↑ +134%
Cigna PPO $1,563.54 ↑ +137%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,712.20 ↑ +160%
Harding Academy Commercial $1,712.20 ↑ +160%
TN BCBS Network E $1,854.00 ↑ +181%
TN BCBS Network L $2,059.00 ↑ +212%
TN BCBS Network P $3,775.00 ↑ +473%
TN BCBS Network S $3,775.00 ↑ +473%
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