Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain 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

$23.80

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.

$119.00

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.

$4.69 with Wellpoint vs $36.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid $4.69 ↓ -80%
TriWest Veterans Administration $5.17 ↓ -78%
Oscar Commercial $5.39 ↓ -77%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $5.39 ↓ -77%
VACCN Veterans Administration $5.39 ↓ -77%
Cigna IFP $5.39 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare $5.44 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicare $5.66 ↓ -76%
Shared Health Medicare $5.66 ↓ -76%
TN BCBS DSNP $5.66 ↓ -76%
American Health Plan Medicare $5.66 ↓ -76%
TN BCBS Medicare $5.66 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $5.66 ↓ -76%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $8.89 ↓ -63%
Town of Collierville Commercial $8.89 ↓ -63%
Lakeland School System Commercial $8.89 ↓ -63%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $8.89 ↓ -63%
City of Bartlett Commercial $8.89 ↓ -63%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $8.89 ↓ -63%
City of Lakeland Commercial $8.89 ↓ -63%
Collierville Schools Commercial $8.89 ↓ -63%
Magnolia TN Exchange $9.10 ↓ -62%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $9.16 ↓ -62%
Radians Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Building Plastic Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Burch Food Services Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Carlisle Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Heavy Machines Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Jas D Collier Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Malco Theaters Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
REI Nation Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Retzer Resources Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Security One Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Silver Tree Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
State Systems Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
United TN Holdings Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
W G Yates Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
W W Wood Products Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Crittenden County Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $9.70 ↓ -59%
First Community Bank Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
French Camp Academy Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $9.70 ↓ -59%
TN BCBS Network E $9.95 ↓ -58%
Employers Health Network Commercial $10.78 ↓ -55%
Harding Academy Commercial $10.78 ↓ -55%
TN BCBS Network L $11.03 ↓ -54%
Cigna PPO $11.46 ↓ -52%
Cigna Local Plus $11.46 ↓ -52%
TN BCBS Network S $12.24 ↓ -49%
PPO Holdings Commercial $15.20 ↓ -36%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $16.00 ↓ -33%
TN BCBS Network P $17.43 ↓ -27%
Littler Commercial $20.00 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $23.08 ↓ -3%
Aetna Commercial $25.04 ↑ +5%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $26.40 ↑ +11%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $28.00 ↑ +18%
NovaSys All $30.00 ↑ +26%
Multiplan Complementary Network $30.00 ↑ +26%
MPCN PPO/HMO $30.00 ↑ +26%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $30.00 ↑ +26%
PPO Plus Commercial $34.00 ↑ +43%
QCA All $36.00 ↑ +51%

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