Blood Culture Test 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

$55.80

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.

$279.00

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.

$8.98 with Wellpoint vs $251.10 with QCA — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid $8.98 ↓ -84%
TriWest Veterans Administration $9.91 ↓ -82%
Oscar Commercial $10.32 ↓ -82%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $10.32 ↓ -82%
VACCN Veterans Administration $10.32 ↓ -82%
Cigna IFP $10.32 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare $10.42 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicare $10.84 ↓ -81%
Shared Health Medicare $10.84 ↓ -81%
TN BCBS DSNP $10.84 ↓ -81%
American Health Plan Medicare $10.84 ↓ -81%
TN BCBS Medicare $10.84 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $10.84 ↓ -81%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $17.03 ↓ -69%
Town of Collierville Commercial $17.03 ↓ -69%
Lakeland School System Commercial $17.03 ↓ -69%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $17.03 ↓ -69%
City of Bartlett Commercial $17.03 ↓ -69%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $17.03 ↓ -69%
City of Lakeland Commercial $17.03 ↓ -69%
Collierville Schools Commercial $17.03 ↓ -69%
Magnolia TN Exchange $17.42 ↓ -69%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $17.54 ↓ -69%
Radians Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Building Plastic Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Burch Food Services Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Carlisle Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Heavy Machines Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Jas D Collier Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Malco Theaters Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
REI Nation Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Retzer Resources Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Security One Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Silver Tree Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
State Systems Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
United TN Holdings Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
W G Yates Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
W W Wood Products Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Crittenden County Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $18.58 ↓ -67%
First Community Bank Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
French Camp Academy Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $18.58 ↓ -67%
Harding Academy Commercial $20.64 ↓ -63%
Employers Health Network Commercial $20.64 ↓ -63%
Cigna PPO $22.00 ↓ -61%
Cigna Local Plus $22.00 ↓ -61%
TN BCBS Network E $22.12 ↓ -60%
TN BCBS Network L $24.52 ↓ -56%
TN BCBS Network S $27.19 ↓ -51%
TN BCBS Network P $38.75 ↓ -31%
PPO Holdings Commercial $106.02 ↑ +90%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $111.60 ↑ +100%
Littler Commercial $139.50 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Commercial $160.98 ↑ +188%
Aetna Commercial $174.65 ↑ +213%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $184.14 ↑ +230%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $195.30 ↑ +250%
NovaSys All $209.25 ↑ +275%
Multiplan Complementary Network $209.25 ↑ +275%
MPCN PPO/HMO $209.25 ↑ +275%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $209.25 ↑ +275%
PPO Plus Commercial $237.15 ↑ +325%
QCA All $251.10 ↑ +350%

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