I131 serum albumin, dx 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

$231.00

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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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$1,155.00

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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.

$78.85 with Aetna vs $1,039.50 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
Aetna Medicare $78.85 ↓ -66%
Cigna Local Plus $97.71 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $97.71 ↓ -58%
Magnolia TN Exchange $241.74 ↑ +5%
TN BCBS Network E $438.90 ↑ +90%
PPO Holdings Commercial $438.90 ↑ +90%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $462.00 ↑ +100%
TN BCBS Network L $485.10 ↑ +110%
TN BCBS Network S $485.10 ↑ +110%
Cigna IFP $500.12 ↑ +117%
Littler Commercial $577.50 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Commercial $666.43 ↑ +188%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $669.90 ↑ +190%
TN BCBS Network P $693.00 ↑ +200%
Aetna Commercial $723.03 ↑ +213%
Oscar Commercial $750.75 ↑ +225%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $762.30 ↑ +230%
NovaSys All $866.25 ↑ +275%
MPCN PPO/HMO $866.25 ↑ +275%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $866.25 ↑ +275%
Multiplan Complementary Network $866.25 ↑ +275%
PPO Plus Commercial $981.75 ↑ +325%
QCA All $1,039.50 ↑ +350%

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I131 serum albumin, dx at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $220.97 $97.38 – $360.91
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $265.65 $78.85 – $97.71
62-0123940 BMH Collierville Collierville $242.55 $78.85 – $198.55
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville $88.87 $62.21 – $428.10
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville $97.76 $62.21 – $430.79
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge $97.76 $62.21 – $430.79
CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY Ashland City not published $95.76 – $1,857.86
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE not published $95.76 – $1,857.86

All Tennessee hospitals for this procedure →