Fluoroguide 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

$195.60

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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.

$978.00

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.

$93.50 with Aetna vs $880.20 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
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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
Aetna Medicare $93.50 ↓ -52%
TN BCBS Network E $105.35 ↓ -46%
TN BCBS Network L $116.75 ↓ -40%
TN BCBS Network S $129.50 ↓ -34%
TN BCBS Network P $184.53 ↓ -6%
Magnolia TN Exchange $204.70 ↑ +5%
PPO Holdings Commercial $371.64 ↑ +90%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $391.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Local Plus $423.47 ↑ +116%
Cigna IFP $423.47 ↑ +116%
Cigna PPO $423.47 ↑ +116%
Littler Commercial $489.00 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Commercial $564.31 ↑ +189%
Aetna Commercial $612.23 ↑ +213%
Oscar Commercial $635.70 ↑ +225%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $645.48 ↑ +230%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $684.60 ↑ +250%
NovaSys All $733.50 ↑ +275%
MPCN PPO/HMO $733.50 ↑ +275%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $733.50 ↑ +275%
Multiplan Complementary Network $733.50 ↑ +275%
PPO Plus Commercial $831.30 ↑ +325%
QCA All $880.20 ↑ +350%

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $173.37 $34.98 – $180.45
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $255.75 $52.06 – $604.80
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $233.91 $34.98 – $93.50
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $365.48 $52.06 – $604.80
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $40.58 – $269.81
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $230.94 $34.98 – $180.47
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $219.93 $52.26 – $180.47
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $311.94 $34.98 – $180.47

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