CT guidance for needle placement 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

$720.00

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.

$3,600.00

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.

$100.79 with TN BCBS vs $3,240.00 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
TN BCBS Network E $100.79 ↓ -86%
TN BCBS Network L $111.71 ↓ -84%
TN BCBS Network S $123.91 ↓ -83%
TN BCBS Network P $176.55 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $325.00 ↓ -55%
Cigna Local Plus $663.32 ↓ -8%
Cigna PPO $729.65 ↑ +1%
Magnolia TN Exchange $753.48 ↑ +5%
PPO Holdings Commercial $1,368.00 ↑ +90%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $1,440.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna IFP $1,558.80 ↑ +117%
Littler Commercial $1,800.00 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,077.20 ↑ +189%
Aetna Commercial $2,253.60 ↑ +213%
Oscar Commercial $2,340.00 ↑ +225%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $2,376.00 ↑ +230%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $2,520.00 ↑ +250%
NovaSys All $2,700.00 ↑ +275%
MPCN PPO/HMO $2,700.00 ↑ +275%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $2,700.00 ↑ +275%
Multiplan Complementary Network $2,700.00 ↑ +275%
PPO Plus Commercial $3,060.00 ↑ +325%
QCA All $3,240.00 ↑ +350%

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CT guidance for needle placement at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $567.44 $75.76 – $562.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $109.52 $74.00 – $1,467.00
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $156.51 $77.70 – $1,467.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $559.65 $101.77 – $427.00
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $567.44 $75.76 – $551.54
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $567.44 $75.76 – $551.54
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $567.44 $75.76 – $551.54
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $567.44 $75.76 – $551.54

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