Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes 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

$6.20

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.

$31.00

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.

$6.49 with Magnolia TN vs $168.82 with Cigna — 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
Magnolia TN Exchange $6.49 ↑ +5%
Aetna Medicare $8.61 ↑ +39%
TN BCBS Network E $11.78 ↑ +90%
PPO Holdings Commercial $11.78 ↑ +90%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $12.40 ↑ +100%
TN BCBS Network L $13.02 ↑ +110%
TN BCBS Network S $13.02 ↑ +110%
Cigna IFP $13.42 ↑ +116%
Littler Commercial $15.50 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Commercial $17.89 ↑ +189%
TN BCBS Network P $18.60 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial $19.41 ↑ +213%
Oscar Commercial $20.15 ↑ +225%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $20.46 ↑ +230%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $21.70 ↑ +250%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $23.25 ↑ +275%
MPCN PPO/HMO $23.25 ↑ +275%
NovaSys All $23.25 ↑ +275%
Multiplan Complementary Network $23.25 ↑ +275%
PPO Plus Commercial $26.35 ↑ +325%
QCA All $27.90 ↑ +350%
Cigna Local Plus $153.47 ↑ +2375%
Cigna PPO $168.82 ↑ +2623%

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Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $21.75 $41.08 – $76.58
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $21.75 $16.43 – $79.90
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $21.75 $27.38 – $76.30
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY $21.75 $41.08 – $83.10
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT $21.75 $27.38 – $76.30
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT $21.75 $41.08 – $73.12
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE $21.75 $22.82 – $83.90
Sycamore Shoals Hospital ELIZABETHTON $21.75 $41.08 – $83.10

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