X-ray small intestine follow-through 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

$134.20

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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.

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$671.00

Gross charge

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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.

$67.60 with TN BCBS vs $603.90 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
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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
TN BCBS Network E $67.60 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $69.23 ↓ -48%
TN BCBS Network L $74.92 ↓ -44%
TN BCBS Network S $83.11 ↓ -38%
TN BCBS Network P $118.42 ↓ -12%
Magnolia TN Exchange $140.44 ↑ +5%
PPO Holdings Commercial $254.98 ↑ +90%
Magnolia Regional Health Center Commercial $268.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Local Plus $290.54 ↑ +116%
Cigna PPO $290.54 ↑ +116%
Cigna IFP $290.54 ↑ +116%
Littler Commercial $335.50 ↑ +150%
United Healthcare Commercial $387.17 ↑ +189%
Aetna Commercial $420.05 ↑ +213%
Oscar Commercial $436.15 ↑ +225%
Humana CPOS/HMO/NPOS/PPO $442.86 ↑ +230%
First Choice Health Plan of MS Commercial $469.70 ↑ +250%
Multiplan Complementary Network $503.25 ↑ +275%
Multiplan MPI Primary Network $503.25 ↑ +275%
NovaSys All $503.25 ↑ +275%
MPCN PPO/HMO $503.25 ↑ +275%
PPO Plus Commercial $570.35 ↑ +325%
QCA All $603.90 ↑ +350%

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X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other Tennessee hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville $96.08 $34.99 – $103.90
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson $236.80 $52.08 – $560.00
62-1166050 BMH Carroll County Huntingdon $160.54 $34.99 – $69.23
CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga Chattanooga $338.40 $52.08 – $560.00
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY $69.30 $40.59 – $153.39
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville $96.08 $34.99 – $101.83
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta $96.08 $34.99 – $101.83
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville $96.08 $50.81 – $101.83

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