X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$138.60

Cash price

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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.

$693.00

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.

$98.78 with TN BCBS vs $623.70 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
TN BCBS Network E $98.78 ↓ -29%
TN BCBS Network L $109.48 ↓ -21%
TN BCBS Network S $121.44 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Medicaid $141.42 ↑ +2%
TriWest Veterans Administration $156.05 ↑ +13%
VACCN Veterans Administration $162.55 ↑ +17%
Oscar Commercial $162.55 ↑ +17%
Veterans Evaluation Services Veterans Administration TPA $162.55 ↑ +17%
Cigna IFP $163.70 ↑ +18%
Humana Medicare $164.18 ↑ +18%
TN BCBS Medicare $170.68 ↑ +23%
Wellpoint Medicare $170.68 ↑ +23%
American Health Plan Medicare $170.68 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medicare $170.68 ↑ +23%
Shared Health Medicare $170.68 ↑ +23%
TN BCBS DSNP $170.68 ↑ +23%
TN BCBS Network P $173.03 ↑ +25%
Cigna Local Plus $185.21 ↑ +34%
Cigna PPO $185.21 ↑ +34%
PPO Holdings Commercial $263.34 ↑ +90%
City of Bartlett Commercial $268.21 ↑ +94%
Collierville Schools Commercial $268.21 ↑ +94%
EAS MSSC Schools Commercial $268.21 ↑ +94%
Town of Collierville Commercial $268.21 ↑ +94%
Arlington Community Schools Commercial $268.21 ↑ +94%
Lakeland School System Commercial $268.21 ↑ +94%
Bartlett City Schools Commercial $268.21 ↑ +94%
City of Lakeland Commercial $268.21 ↑ +94%
Magnolia TN Exchange $274.43 ↑ +98%
First State Bank Trust Commercial $276.33 ↑ +99%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $277.20 ↑ +100%
Radians Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Armstrong Relocation Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Ashley Furniture Stores Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Brimhall Foods Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Building Plastic Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Burch Food Services Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Cannon Motor Company Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Carlisle Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Crittenden County Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Davidson Hospitality Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
DeSoto Co Board of Supervisors Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Dunn Investment Company Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
First Choice Health Plan of MS HPN $292.59 ↑ +111%
First Community Bank Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
French Camp Academy Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Gossett Motor Cars Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Hattiesburg Clinic Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Heartland Catfish Company Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Heavy Machines Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Hollowell Industries Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Hospitality Management Advisors Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Jas D Collier Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Mid-South Transport Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Patterson Warehouses Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
REI Nation Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Retzer Resources Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Ritchey Automotive Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Security One Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Silver Tree Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
State Systems Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
United TN Holdings Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Vaughn Electric Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
W G Yates Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
W W Wood Products Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Watkins Uiberall Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Y K Auto Group Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Malco Theaters Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Mechanical Systems Commercial $292.59 ↑ +111%
Harding Academy Commercial $325.10 ↑ +135%
Employers Health Network Commercial $325.10 ↑ +135%
Littler Commercial $346.50 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Commercial $399.86 ↑ +188%
Aetna Commercial $433.82 ↑ +213%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $457.38 ↑ +230%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $485.10 ↑ +250%
Multiplan Complementary Network $519.75 ↑ +275%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $519.75 ↑ +275%
NovaSys All $519.75 ↑ +275%
MPCN PPO/HMO $519.75 ↑ +275%
PPO Plus Commercial $589.05 ↑ +325%
QCA All $623.70 ↑ +350%
Tricare Tricare not published by hospital

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Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $173.00 $33.33 – $291.55
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