Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$5.43

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.

$27.18

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.

$4.99 with Magnolia TN vs $21.44 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
Magnolia TN Exchange $4.99 ↓ -8%
Aetna Medicare $6.52 ↑ +20%
Cigna Local Plus $8.83 ↑ +63%
Cigna PPO $8.83 ↑ +63%
TN BCBS Network E $9.05 ↑ +67%
PPO Holdings Commercial $9.05 ↑ +67%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $9.53 ↑ +76%
TN BCBS Network L $10.00 ↑ +84%
TN BCBS Network S $10.00 ↑ +84%
Cigna IFP $10.31 ↑ +90%
Littler Commercial $11.91 ↑ +119%
Oscar Commercial $12.83 ↑ +136%
United Healthcare Commercial $13.74 ↑ +153%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $13.82 ↑ +155%
TN BCBS Network P $14.29 ↑ +163%
Aetna Commercial $14.91 ↑ +175%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $15.72 ↑ +190%
NovaSys All $17.86 ↑ +229%
MPCN PPO/HMO $17.86 ↑ +229%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $17.86 ↑ +229%
Multiplan Complementary Network $17.86 ↑ +229%
PPO Plus Commercial $20.25 ↑ +273%
QCA All $21.44 ↑ +295%

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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $23.03 $1.95 – $44.10
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $6.25 $1.31 – $12.83
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $32.91 $1.95 – $44.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $15.64 $0.62 – $19.50
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro $6.21 $1.31 – $13.12
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE $6.07 $0.62 – $26.40
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE $7.39 $0.62 – $27.61
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL $6.46 $0.62 – $27.61

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