Smear gram stain at 62-1138045 BMH Union City
1201 Bishop Street, Union City, TN · Baptistonline · · NPI 1114981768
$31.80
Cash price 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.
$159.00
Gross charge 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.
$3.71 with Wellpoint vs $88.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | Medicaid | $3.71 | ↓ -88% |
| TriWest | Veterans Administration | $4.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Oscar | Commercial | $4.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Veterans Evaluation Services | Veterans Administration TPA | $4.27 | ↓ -87% |
| VACCN | Veterans Administration | $4.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $4.27 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare | $4.31 | ↓ -86% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare | $4.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Shared Health | Medicare | $4.48 | ↓ -86% |
| TN BCBS | DSNP | $4.48 | ↓ -86% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare | $4.48 | ↓ -86% |
| TN BCBS | Medicare | $4.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $4.48 | ↓ -86% |
| Bartlett City Schools | Commercial | $7.05 | ↓ -78% |
| Town of Collierville | Commercial | $7.05 | ↓ -78% |
| Lakeland School System | Commercial | $7.05 | ↓ -78% |
| Arlington Community Schools | Commercial | $7.05 | ↓ -78% |
| City of Bartlett | Commercial | $7.05 | ↓ -78% |
| EAS MSSC Schools | Commercial | $7.05 | ↓ -78% |
| City of Lakeland | Commercial | $7.05 | ↓ -78% |
| Collierville Schools | Commercial | $7.05 | ↓ -78% |
| Magnolia TN | Exchange | $7.21 | ↓ -77% |
| First State Bank Trust | Commercial | $7.26 | ↓ -77% |
| Radians | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Armstrong Relocation | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Ashley Furniture Stores | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Brimhall Foods | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Building Plastic | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Burch Food Services | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Cannon Motor Company | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Carlisle | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Heartland Catfish Company | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Heavy Machines | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Hollowell Industries | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Hospitality Management Advisors | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Jas D Collier | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Malco Theaters | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Mechanical Systems | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Mid-South Transport | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Patterson Warehouses | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| REI Nation | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Retzer Resources | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Ritchey Automotive | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Security One | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Silver Tree | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| State Systems | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| United TN Holdings | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Vaughn Electric | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| W G Yates | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| W W Wood Products | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Watkins Uiberall | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Y K Auto Group | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Crittenden County | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Davidson Hospitality | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Dunn Investment Company | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | HPN | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| First Community Bank | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| French Camp Academy | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Gossett Motor Cars | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Hattiesburg Clinic | Commercial | $7.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Harding Academy | Commercial | $8.54 | ↓ -73% |
| Employers Health Network | Commercial | $8.54 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | PPO | $9.12 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $9.12 | ↓ -71% |
| TN BCBS | Network E | $9.14 | ↓ -71% |
| TN BCBS | Network L | $10.13 | ↓ -68% |
| TN BCBS | Network S | $11.23 | ↓ -65% |
| TN BCBS | Network P | $16.00 | ↓ -50% |
| PPO Holdings | Commercial | $37.24 | ↑ +17% |
| Magnolia Regional Health Center | Commercial | $39.20 | ↑ +23% |
| Littler | Commercial | $49.00 | ↑ +54% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $56.55 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $61.35 | ↑ +93% |
| Humana | CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO | $64.68 | ↑ +103% |
| First Choice Health Plan of MS | Commercial | $68.60 | ↑ +116% |
| NovaSys | All | $73.50 | ↑ +131% |
| Multiplan | Complementary Network | $73.50 | ↑ +131% |
| MPCN | PPO/HMO | $73.50 | ↑ +131% |
| Multiplan | MPI Primary Network | $73.50 | ↑ +131% |
| PPO Plus | Commercial | $83.30 | ↑ +162% |
| QCA | All | $88.20 | ↑ +177% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Smear gram stain at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | $43.74 | $1.54 – $16.95 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $55.65 | $2.95 – $131.60 |
| 62-1166050 BMH Carroll County | Huntingdon | $36.57 | $3.71 – $8.54 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $79.53 | $2.95 – $131.60 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $7.35 | $2.14 – $10.33 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb | Smithville | $41.27 | $3.00 – $16.95 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands | Sparta | $41.27 | $3.00 – $16.95 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas River Park | McMinnville | $41.24 | $3.00 – $16.95 |