CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation 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

$333.60

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$1,668.00

Gross charge

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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.

$95.25 with TN BCBS vs $1,501.20 with QCA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $95.25 ↓ -71%
TN BCBS Network L $105.57 ↓ -68%
TN BCBS Network S $117.09 ↓ -65%
TN BCBS Network P $166.84 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $325.00 ↓ -3%
Magnolia TN Exchange $349.11 ↑ +5%
PPO Holdings Commercial $633.84 ↑ +90%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $667.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna IFP $722.24 ↑ +116%
Cigna PPO $722.24 ↑ +116%
Cigna Local Plus $722.24 ↑ +116%
Littler Commercial $834.00 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Commercial $962.44 ↑ +189%
Aetna Commercial $1,044.17 ↑ +213%
Oscar Commercial $1,084.20 ↑ +225%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $1,100.88 ↑ +230%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $1,167.60 ↑ +250%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $1,251.00 ↑ +275%
Multiplan Complementary Network $1,251.00 ↑ +275%
MPCN PPO/HMO $1,251.00 ↑ +275%
NovaSys All $1,251.00 ↑ +275%
PPO Plus Commercial $1,417.80 ↑ +325%
QCA All $1,501.20 ↑ +350%

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CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $256.19 $71.59 – $562.72
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $207.80 $129.23 – $491.40
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $296.95 $129.23 – $491.40
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $83.10 $103.26 – $269.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $618.00 $71.59 – $551.54
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $618.00 $71.59 – $551.54
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $588.56 $71.59 – $551.54
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $255.93 $71.59 – $551.54

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